HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0042.028 2002-2004 Testimony - fj/zL ~~v
Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
June 1, 2004
Mr. Chairman and Committee Members;
It has taken many years, many meetings, and many legal reviews to bring the issue of
revising our sign code to this important moment in Big Island history. These
revisions wilt address needed immediate and future, interpretations and
enforcement, of our current well intended code. These code revisions are sorely
needed to cure the visual cancer that continues to grow every day. When finally
past by the County Council, this revised code will preserve the beauty of our Aina,
while allowing continued record growth in commerce. Growth in commerce that will
benefit the entrepreneur and, our residence through increased numbers of visitors.
It was the wise and courageous action, of a prior committee and County Council,
that prohibited Bill Boards in Hawaii. As history has proven, that action played a
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vital roll in preserving the beauty of our Aina, while encourageel tourism and growth
in commerce.
This is the time, and, this is the place, for this committee to exercise the some kind
of vision. A vision, that in the future, will allow this committee to look back at our
Ania, in its natural beauty, complemented, with thriving tourism, and say, I Made
This Possible.
Please, exercise yoyr vision, and xour courage, by voting for recommendation of the
passage of this revised code.
RECEIVIC~
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Paul E. Koehler
76-994 5. Pakalakala PL.
Kai lua-Kona
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