2024-10-06 PL-INT-2024-008922 GP 2045 Draft Comments - L. Cook

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DeVera, Ashley From: Leslee Cook < Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2024 8:42 PM To: Planning General Plan Subject: Please revise the Hawaii General Plan( GP) I live in Kona and I'm representing 70 friends and family that are so very disappointed in this strange GP. We have put a lot of time into looking over this GP and have made some wording suggestions (in blue) that need to be changed in order to support us the community I have outlined clearly put in red the sentences that need to be removed. If this can't be revised then let's throw it out and start again, this time with members of the community invite to play a part in the wording and intention of this 2045 General Plan (we still have plenty of time to start all over again in drafting something that works with the citizens on this island). Below are our helpful suggestion if you want to keep this GP. On page 27 Please change to the following: Provide framework that supports local farmers and communities without further regulations, capital improvement priorities, and other pertinent local and government programs within the County organization and coordinate with State and Federal programs to support thriving communities. On Page 28 please add the blue sentences 1:1 The Purposes of the General Plan ate to : • Provide the framework that supports local farmers and communities without further regulations, capital improvements priories and other pertinent local and governmental programs within the County organization and coordinate with State and Federal programs to support thrwl: communities. Also on page 28 Please change to: The 2045 General Plan is the primary policy document for county agencies, planning commissions, elected officials, landowners, homeowners, developers, and locals to guide land use policy decisions for the Island of Hawaii. We would suggest that you add that which is in blue font and remove that in which is printed in yellow Please add: (a) The general plan shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county for residential, recreational, agricultural, commercial, industrial and other purposes which shall be consistent with proper conservation of natural resources without violating personal rights and freedoms, and supporting local communities to prosper, and the preservation of our natural beauty and historical sites, while still giving access to the public; the most desirable density of population in the several parts of the county (Remove) The GP states • "Promote and safeguard the public interest and the interest of the County as a whole." Please change to the following: ""Promote and safeguard the public interest and the interest of the County as a whole without violating personal freedoms, the Constitution or further regulating the public."