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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0219.001 1996-1998 84-81-1997 a8~12F1M KONf7 County Council Offic 808 326 5697 P.68 I"ROM Af; r<bGEF AI+D L1'DU+ i-~E1'"- '~Np;]t 808 '~'_g??gd Mir. 31 1997 03:46PM P2 Roger A. 1ti'et5s, 1'h.D. & Lydia A. ~Neiss IZN, s y~ ~ P.U. liox 3i`j~l l~ailua-lcuna, H196745 ` ,w~%'~~, , w;°' ~~1'„~ p ~l~~rt r. ~ 325-7714 '9~ RPR 1 F,T) g , 'To: ?vls, Leithead-'fold, Planning Chs~iri+erson ,\-larch 77, 1997 3fj Re: Resolution iVa. SS-97 RELATING TO ZONINGS A$OVE THE 5,000-FOO'CUNN7U1=~;gWA11 ELEVATION FOR PARCELS WITHIN 'l'I-lE KA.LOKO MAUKA SUBDIVISION DT}' wife i,ydw and I live at the 3,000 foot elevation in Kaloko Iv(auka, and are part of the Forest 5kewartlship Program. [b'e would he effected by the new resolution. For years we have been coircerned with aF•propriatw subdivision that preserves this precious watershed forest, especially since Kona appears to be the only region of our island without a state watershed Forest ~escrve above it. Future water needs for the population and future 3evelopment Hurst be considered.. Curtis Tyler has sent me the Resolution you. introduced. We find it to be Excellent to clarify future appropriate subdivision. Our input to improve this l2ecoTution is: 1) To make it an Ordinance. 2) In the third paragrar~h, ~ti•here iY states "tha County cannot prevent the bulldozing of agricultural lands", an additional santente mf~ht be added: Therefore we need to support the NaiTve Forest zoning classification (which would discourage bulldozing Forest fur cattle b~ making Native Forest on par with agg for cattle. 3) On Letter D-i, the suggFSt changir~ "i.e. Forest Stewardship Program" to: such as the Forest Stewardship Program or Soil Cmiservatian Service Management Prngra~n. This would not make people only use the Forest Stewardship Program, as there are others equally valid for Forest Tvlanabe:nent, and also because this Program may noY even exist in time. Sincerely, i/ Re[, 3bt Presente~t P - trot. I?xte l~'R 1