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■ Right to Farm Ordinance — notifies residents of Ag production ongoing in area <br />o State has; County has some <br />■ Some issues can be discussed between property owners (i.e. Windbreak — County does not need <br />to dictate it) <br />■ People who buy into Ag should not plan to change/develop. <br />■ Steering Committee was challenged with conflict of Ag and Development (or desire for view) <br />■ Try to develop Community Actions, not policy. <br />■ Partnership suggestion: Board of Realtors - Could they participate with discussions and <br />education of new/potential property owners? <br />■ How do you define sustainable Ag? <br />o State Language <br />o Very General <br />o Does not mean Organic <br />■ What are rules or ideas on subsistence? (Objective 12 to compliment Ag economy) <br />o Fresh & Local <br />o Rather grow it than buy it <br />■ Was an economic analysis of farms done after 2015 Ag Report came out showing farm lot sizes <br />are 10 acres or less now, as a new trend. <br />o Because it is a common size, does it mean it is an optimal size? <br />■ I.A.L. — Change County IAL name so it is not confused with State IAL <br />■ Fallow lands — nothing being done with it <br />o Val: County inherited some; County not land managers; County leases it out <br />o KSBE and State has a lot <br />■ County cannot lease parcels if they had oil spills, etc. <br />■ Kokua Action for State to use Fallow lands <br />■ DHHL land is lease land <br />■ Are those lease processes clear? <br />■ Forestry has lots of benefits for land <br />o Less run-off <br />o Native Habitat <br />o Producing Carbon <br />o But add a cow and get equal (or greater) tax benefit <br />o Consider carbon sequestration as a tool <br />■ Agrovillages/hoods: Policy 13 & 14 <br />■ If it's zoned AG20 now, would zone change? <br />o Need to clarify in CDP <br />■ Clusters closer to towns not out in middle of an Ag area <br />■ Homesteads in Laupahoehoe are defacto rural; but rural designation doesn't match <br />o How do we follow this conversation before the draft is finalized? <br />■ What is County's role in delivering clean water and a way for people who grow produce to <br />access clean water? <br />o There are known incidents of water diversion to produce <br />■ Who do we contact if there is a pollutant in stream that impacts available animals/plants (i.e. <br />opae, hiiwa, etc.) in stream? <br />■ Who do we contact? <br />o Kokua Action item = State <br />■ Stream diversion not County jurisdiction; it's State <br />