2025-02-24 Adriana E. Betsy Duerr Testimony

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From: betsyduerr(&amai1.corn To: W PCtesti mony Subject: General Plan 2045 Date: Monday, February 24,2025 8:54:39 AM Sent from my iPhone Betsyduerr@gmail.com Aloha Planning Commission, Thank you for volunteering your time to listen to we the people of the Big Island. I strongly oppose the Final Recommended Draft of the County of Hawaii General Plan 2045 and humbly request you vote to reject it in its entirety. No matter how much lipstick you put on the pig, this plan is still a pig. I am 71 years old and my husband and I have lived and raised a family in our Honolli Pali home for over 40 years. In October of 2023 at the dog and pony show being put on by the county to promote the new general plan, I noticed that the future land use of our property had been changed from low density urban to natural and recreational. Our own family home we are hoping to leave to our ohana has been re- disignated without compensation or consent, negating our rights of private property ownership. This drastically lowers our future property value and opens the door to unsolicited rezoning. On page 28, it says: "The council shall enact zoning, subdivision, and such other ordinances which shall contain the necessary provisions to carry out the purpose of the general plan." And on page 34, under Regulatory Implementing Actions, it states: "In the General plan, future land use maps, policies, and standards are specific to the actions through which zoning ordinances, subdivisions, and public improvements or projects are initiated or adopted because, as they must conform to and implement the general plan in accordance with the County Charter, Section 3- 15." On page 27, under Implementation Strategies, the first bullet is Zoning& Land Use Regulations: Update regulations to align with the goals of the General Plan. On the next page, it says the purpose of the General Plan is to: "Provide the the framework for regulatory decisions, capital improvement strategies, acquisition strategies, and other pertinent government programs within the County organization and coordinated with State and Federal programs." What are these State and Federal programs that usurp the rights of private ownership? Throughout the plan (pgs. 66, 78, 86, 88, 225 ) there are references to "smart growth strategies" and "smart growth development' and "smart growth principles"