2024-10-04 PL-INT-2024-008914 GP 2045 Draft Comments - M. Melendez

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consider amendments to encourage site clustering of development in order to avoid critical environmental areas and assets." This is also on page 88, 13.15, page 98, 14.4, page 101, 15.6, page 130, 25.5. Page 232, 1.m. Also, on page 98 you want to amend the zone to establish "Clustered Rural Subdivision". Clustered homes are NOT how Big Island residents want to live. Are you "encouragements and incentives" going to be in the form of more regulations and taxes to get people to do what you want? You don't think this takes away people's freedoms? • "Buffer Zone" concern. You have this defined as, "Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone (BRBZ) is enacted either separately or as an overlay district for the Volcano area, to guide development within the region's native forest through regulatory measures and economic incentives." These last phrases says more fines, permits and code. "Economic incentives" also says fines or even an increase in taxes. This is NOT pono! See also page 101, 15i, page 232, 1h, page 233, 10, page 238, 15i. This is very concerning! • "Conservation" page 236, 10a is very concerning. This says that you'll amend zoning codes to keep people out of nature. This is not pono with the people on Big Island! Page 241, 26i, says clearly that you'll "incentivize" through reducing taxes to make people do what you want. That is EXTORTION! • "Stakeholder" is written 26 times and "homeowner" is written ZERO! The definition of Stakeholder: Stakeholders can include a wide range of entities, such as employees, customers, suppliers, investors, government agencies, community members, and non-governmental organizations. It does not say homeowner, farmer or local resident. Yet, we are to believe that we are included in this definition of "entities". That is simply not true! This general plan is a huge concern for many residents. The language in the general plan is also written in many, if not most, general plans across the nation so how was this plan written specifically for the Big Island? You have climate change as a factor for many things in this general plan, yet have you researched it? The climate change areas in this plan will further relinquish the rights of people on Big Island. 1952 credentialed scientists have signed a world declaration stating: There is NO climate danger! You can find it at Clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/ or simply put, "World Climate Declaration" into any URL. Climate change is a false narrative that the investors in renewable energy need people to believe in order for their investments to be profitable. Please do your research!