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From: L Callahan
Sent: Monday,June 3, 2024 4:08 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Bill 140-24
Aloha, good afternoon.
With 70%greater population density than the least(Waiahino)for Kalapana to be open only one day a
week is absurd. Certainly the numbers are there to be open 2 days.The recycle bins that were there
before were heavily used. Now,there are none.
To have one rubbish truck pick up once or twice a week is far more efficient than 1400 cars traversing to
Kalapana Transfer to dump their rubbish.
Much like the roadway matinence is covered by a portion of our property taxes,the transfer station
services should also be included in property taxes.
I'm not sure that we can encourage the public to go "green",when we as a county cannot provide basic
services to the communities.
Isn't the census to provide numbers to the federal government for funding of programs?
It's almost as if we take 2 steps forward and then 1 1/2 back. I personally think we can do better.
We could go as far as providing 1/2/3/4 recycle cans to individual addresses complete with lids and
wheels, color coded for the specific recyclable materials, and have scheduled pick up by county workers
or independent contractors, charging a minimal fee for the service.
If we all work together for the good of Hawaii, how could we possibly go wrong?
Mahalo,
Lesa Callahan
General Delivery
Pahoa, HI 96778 � :
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