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From: betsyduerr
Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2025 11:42 AM
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To: Council Testimony
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Subject: Reject Hawaii GP 2045
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Dear Hawaii Council Members,
Thank you for 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.
I am 71 years old and my husband and I have lived and raised a family
in our Honolii 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.
Throughout the plan (pgs. 66, 78, 86, 88, 225) there are references to "smart growth
strategies" and "smart growth development' and "smart growth principles" which suggest
direct reference to Smart Cities aka UN Agenda 21, now UN Agenda 30. If you aren't
educated on Smart or 15 Minute Cities, I invite you to do your own research into its restrictive
and surveilled implementations and ask yourselves if this global agenda is pono for the Big
Island of Hawaii.
On page 188 (40.8), there is the requirement that "All County departments collaborate with
the County Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience (OSCER) as the lead
agency to ensure the integration of the County's goals of sustainability, climate resilience,
and equity in all county operations and planning initiatives." This is an appointed, not
elected, agency that is now responsible for the implementation of the
regulations of the smart growth principles we will be subjected to. I
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am disturbed this new overseeing entity will null and void all public
input and leave crucial decisions for our island to unelected officials.
Finally, the plan, on page 29, claims to be "based on community driven values, goals, and
objectives". Yet, the District of Hilo, where I reside as well as over 22% of the Big Island, has
no Community Development Plan. Hilo has never been represented in CDP process. Why is
that? We too are entitled to our voice and input into our future.
Again mahaLo for your time and attention. Please vote to reject this
plan. No matter how much lipstick you put on a pig, this plan is still a
pig.
Adriana E Duerr
99 Honolii Pl.
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Sent from my iPhone Betsyduerr@gmail.com
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