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From: Leslee Cook
Sent: Saturday, February 1, 2025 3:19 PM
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To: Council Testimony
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Subject: Public comment still open til Feb 5th vAi
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Dear County Council,Thank you for taking the time to read my testimony.We elected you and.'?ou sOin
to take care of the Aina and the community so please hear us and do the right action and take
responsibility for all the new developments and those that have you have already approved.Your
decisons have and will affect our island's resources. Please feel into your hearts today before you
continue to approve even more developments. Please see the petition that has 557 signatures,asking you
to look at what is happening to the island's resources as of today before you continue to approve even
more developments because we are having power outages and water and landfill issues NOW.This
petition will give you many News articles that prove the Big Island resources are having issues today
https://www.chanae.orq/p/help-bicfrisland-resources-and-infrastructure-stav-safe-for-all-who-live-here-and-visit.
Please follow this link.When will the focus turn to addressing the island's resources before you keep
approving even more developments? Being able to have power,water, and a place to put our rubbish is
for the safety of all who live here and this needs to be a priority.We do not want any health issues like a
bubonic plague from a ticking time bomb with our landfills coming to capacity Just last week,an extra
100 rooms were approved for a hotel,yet there has been no change to improve the island's resources. For
the reasons I just stated please OPPOSE Res. 51-25.Please OPPOSE Bill 17 because they want to change
from Agriculture to Urban.This will make it so they will not have to do an Environmental Impact
State. This is crazy and unconscionable,this is important for the island to have these performed for the
safety of the land and the community. Plus,the resources on the island need to be addressed before
adding even more urban areas. I hope you will agree otherwise we might believe that you are NOT for the
community but instead you are lining your pockets from those few who will benefit from building more
urban buildings..Please OPPOSE Bill 18 for the exact reason as Bill 17 and the fact that the island
doesn't have the resources for all these new developments because there are years worth of
developments that have already been approved for the future and yet the island resources have still not
been addressed. Please Oppose Res. 57-25 because there are many other things the island needs to
spend this kind of money on. For example,there are no working bathrooms at Old A's still,and the
sewage system needs to be addressed desperately. Being able to give out Electric Citations that will cost
over$249,000 the first year and over$241,000 every year after,the island needs bathrooms and
having a proper sewage system,among other things. Bathrooms for the community should be a
priority over Electronic Citations. Thank you,
A voting resident of The Big Island,Leslee Cook
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Ref. Dote B - 5 2025