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Testimony - fj/zL ~~v <br /> Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee <br /> June 1, 2004 <br /> Mr. Chairman and Committee Members; <br /> It has taken many years, many meetings, and many legal reviews to bring the issue of <br /> revising our sign code to this important moment in Big Island history. These <br /> revisions wilt address needed immediate and future, interpretations and <br /> enforcement, of our current well intended code. These code revisions are sorely <br /> needed to cure the visual cancer that continues to grow every day. When finally <br /> past by the County Council, this revised code will preserve the beauty of our Aina, <br /> while allowing continued record growth in commerce. Growth in commerce that will <br /> benefit the entrepreneur and, our residence through increased numbers of visitors. <br /> It was the wise and courageous action, of a prior committee and County Council, <br /> that prohibited Bill Boards in Hawaii. As history has proven, that action played a <br /> ~,Ny <br /> vital roll in preserving the beauty of our Aina, while encourageel tourism and growth <br /> in commerce. <br /> This is the time, and, this is the place, for this committee to exercise the some kind <br /> of vision. A vision, that in the future, will allow this committee to look back at our <br /> Ania, in its natural beauty, complemented, with thriving tourism, and say, I Made <br /> This Possible. <br /> Please, exercise yoyr vision, and xour courage, by voting for recommendation of the <br /> passage of this revised code. <br /> RECEIVIC~ <br /> halo Nui Loa, e <br /> ~ ,~re_.._.. ~tllo~.----- <br /> <br /> Paul E. Koehler <br /> <br /> 76-994 5. Pakalakala PL. <br /> Kai lua-Kona <br /> <br /> 331-8003 I~ <br /> Comm, No. T L g <br /> Ref. 70: I'rueet~A <br /> Ref. Dote _ .111N 1 ~~~4 <br /> <br />