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DeVera, Ashley <br /> From: Adriana Duerr < <br /> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2024 1:51 PM <br /> To: Planning General Plan <br /> Subject: Revise Hawaii General Plan Testimony Here <br /> Aloha Planning Department, <br /> I have read the entire final draft of the Big Island General Plan. I strongly suggest the plan be revised <br /> if not completely thrown out and redone. Attached is a PDF for your consideration. <br /> As is, this plan certainly does not support the future I'd like for the Big Island, nor does it clearly define <br /> what and how you want to implement it. The whole thing seems predicated on the debatable precept <br /> of climate emergency. <br /> Your present draft appears to regulate and fine us citizens into restricted travel and property access <br /> while clustering us into dense housing and more. It fails at providing a map to help communities <br /> prosper. <br /> It appears the primary structure of this plan is "Sustainability" when it should be "Innovation". Let's <br /> move toward thriving communities, environmental support and economic alternatives that support <br /> farmers and homeowners and not put people in boxes while trying to control and over-regulate them. <br /> Similar general plans have been modeled throughout the world with the exact same words like: <br /> cluster, stakeholder, buffer zones, change codes, amend and more. It begs me to ask you <br /> who sponsored this global plan and paid for its creation? How will this plan be funded and by whom? <br /> I am skeptical of the use of public/private partnerships where local decisions are made by unelected <br /> bodies, especially those from away. Does "government" refer to Hawaii County? If it doesn't, it <br /> should. <br /> Why isn't there any mention of property owners? It seems our rights to own property are being <br /> blatantly ignored and violated. <br /> This draft's future land use map has our family home and that of our Pali neighbors re-zoned from low <br /> density urban to natural and recreation. What will this do to the value of our property? No where is <br /> there mention of compensation. <br /> "Zoning must be updated in certain areas to reflect shifting trends and land use preferences." Whose <br /> desires and who is deciding? Does this include property owners? <br />