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June 20, 2002 <br /> Aloha Members of the County Council and Planning (Department, ~r~_~..~__. y_.__ <br /> f'~.;.. <br /> Thaw you for the opport:ity to express yny opinions and beliefs regarding revisions to <br /> the General Plan. <br /> I want to thank the Planning Director, Chris Yuen, and his staY~ for having the courage to <br /> not only listen to the citizens of this island, but also for giving due consideration to our <br /> desires..~,lthot~gh it is tl~e d€~ty and obligation of goverrnraent in a democracy foll€~=~~T <br /> <br /> the will of the people to tl~ extent that law, rules, and regulations a.11o~T, for fa~° too lo€~g <br /> our local government 13a:~ followed the will of a wealthy and int~uentiai fe~v. ~o again, <br /> mahalo nui low for responding to the will of the people. <br /> However, this being said, if tl environmental, eulturah, and historic resources of l-llawaii <br /> Island are to be truly protected and .preserved as regaaised by existing laws, then actua:Ily <br /> even more tends need to be set aside as open and conservation. <br /> The shplreason is the reality of today. ~ ality is that litigation <br /> is proving that developers arad the executive branches of our governrncnts are not <br /> complying s~vith, overseeing, or enforcing laws, rules, regulations, and permits avl~ich are <br /> intended to prevent development frown negatively impacting this island's resources. <br /> For instance, litigation is pra~Pi€~g that grubbing and grading perr~~its are beg gral~3:cd <br /> <br /> without proper procedures being followed. My own personal investigations have <br /> revealed a pattern and practice of improper permit approvals. Qne does not have to drive <br /> far in Kona these days to see the destruction of huge swaths of lands that are <br /> cr~~-iro~€entall;y sensitive; and S~aere once filled wig large numbers of cult€~al xd historic <br /> sites. This statement is not conjecture. It is a fact proven in court. The County Council <br /> should tak:, this fact info consideration when it decides upon the changes being proposed <br /> by the Planning Department and the citizens of this island during these public workshops. <br /> <br /> In addition, al€hough ~~a:€nta~3ng the natural beauty of our island is the ~~~ii of ~ of 10 <br /> <br /> residents per the Kellogg study as presented to you at the King Karnehameha Motel <br /> <br /> meeting last night, why arc no open space corridors and spaces interspersi~.f ~~~ithin the <br /> urban expansion areas around I~ailua-Kona? <br /> The botts~nx line is that althoug~-~ I saipport the changes being preseritcd by the I~ran~g <br /> I3c ent to designate areas previously slated for development, I do not believe the <br /> <br /> proposed chai3ges are substantial enough to avoid the current quality of life disaster that <br /> is developing in Kona. <br /> `The ~lani°Ying lacpartmcnt and the l~epartcnent of Public works ~v~ll be tl~e ~t to tell you <br /> <br /> they have no idea of the futut~ impact of development approved as of today. They do not <br /> know how iriany more cars will be driving our roads, how rrnany moi~ hospital reds, <br /> File No._ . <br /> Ra'f. <br /> . <br /> Rif. I~~t.e <br /> <br />