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toun9.y C®until Cornrnlte on Planning
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liar Ms. Leil:head-Todd,
INahalo, for taking ~e tlrrae to rs~elew the wording ®f the mineral Plan chapter by chapter,
weli written, user-feiendly docurreer~t that Captlvabes 24~e interas$ ®4` those who are
Anandng the process (thoe ta~pay~rs) should be mandatory.
Unfortunately, the average taxpayer reading the eurr+ently p General Plan for the
f1~t tune, e+~ould probably slam it shut and toss it in 'the trash wig®ut Lion. All the
window dressing (glossy, non-recyclable pages and colorfcil pie~at~) in the world would not
be enough to f®ol most folks into reading smrnething so dull. -fhe ral Plan only cornea
around for revision every 10 years. Is this a "work of art" that e~ c live with and be
proud of?
°I•F?e 4tallowirtg are examples of hove the Intr+aoduct~on as well as oar s~dons of GP can
ba IrrtRroved:
1} ll~ro~ ~~e~!! iala~! Mi the o~ rd~y I!e?~
An example would be the Vision for Kaua'I which i provided ~ you on t)ctober i, 2002
at the wmmittee n9eeting in Naalehu.
2) Condense the lengthy paragraphs into short condse paragraphs that are direct and bo
the p~in't..
3) l~lire a professional writer who vmill review the GP and make ir+ mat Infornnatton is
conveyed in a simple, clear and concise manner.
Statistical tables and charms should be uncluttered and easy to u nd. They should
also be kept to a nginirYrun'i since ton rt~ny tables shown at once would end to distract
fronn ~e subject at hand.
1~ following are questionable irregulari~es that should be fixed in 4i~e Ino°oducUon,
liconomlcs and energy Chapters:
1) Page 11 th' Mara®r~h regarding the CIP sh uld read as follows: The County
adrninls8~tion shall prepare a capital improvements Program which will insure mat ail
County pr®je~s a w ! !r~ G~ ! ~la~. "f he
Capital Improvement Program budget shall tae subrnlteed Go the Council for
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2) ~ur~tipgep~ o!~ u~~pp Pgr~~fl®i~d.~pi~Y~ls p0aArapgyr~ayph do~~t®spus too a i~atur'~ o~
h~vy ~i 10~y of i ~ ~B Id i~817: •1611 tdo~ ~eei~~®/19 1i~e a ELI i~o6'i> ~ ,4 41~'
sustain ®ursaivas ~w~y Bch gioom7
3) i3, ~c~nd oaragr~h I:~urisrr~. 'his paragraph stems ~ cor~tradlct !t~l~. I4 Amt
~!!cs absstst the declining trersd of tourism, then fl: taiics about b~rlsm b~6ng vtBlnerabie
~ exbel lnfla~s than despite the negative nevus, it fl1p flops to ~y tl~at tourlsn~
vsri41 grow and : must ~es~fore rela~v~t !n lnstruc~are ~ su +dae visor
iex9eas~. ~ should be reworded or ®tat c®nnpietely.
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P,~,.~O~O aisfiF'alic ~aith®ugh g®ais acrd pasUd~
~!i ~r ec~topnlc developmet~, lmprovet, dive~iflca!!on and ~ablllLy, ~itaY
P~^~pliy ignore ~r~~mic sustalnablllty. ~Vhy~ I ember Nancy P1si~chia ~uting
sus~lnability when std eves running ~r office. 'het she ~!!ed incla,de
~traic ;uinabllity as a goat lO. Lo~tg
term suus~inab~ goals and poiici~
woult~ try us 1`a'®tvq depending ~spssr~ volatile inda~~'i~ 6@k~ ~urlst~. Long-
sustalraabiegoals and poliel~ would carry us thr®ugh crises such as, 9/ii or the d®ck
v~rkers° lkout. "ibis island was once a part Dire thriving, sus~inabk n~ion. a~li the
rrtore rea~n why we must 9ncla~de a goal of ~ncauraging and promoling atomic
sus~lnabili~. It viii In dte longPrain.
5) bush a I o?' Policy ®r~ encouraging and prorr~ottng a recytiing lndtsstry as part o~
long-term susl~irtabllity.
e ~ ergy C~aapt~r, we shoa~id make it a goa! to break ~+vay P~rr? call
! again
~p ine it