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KONA COUNTY FARM BUREAU <br /> P.O. Box 2341 ~ ~ 'i ~ <br /> Kealakekua, Hawaii 96750 UUUi; , , ;1,11 <br /> Phone: 324-6011 <br /> Fax: 322-9633 <br /> Email: bifb@verizon.net <br /> January 15, 2005 <br /> Chairman Gary Safarik <br /> Hawaii County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br /> )3E: Hawaii County General Plan, Bill 163 <br /> <br /> Dear Chairman Safarik and Members of the Hawaii County Council: <br /> The Kona County Farm Bureau Board of Directors appreciates this opportunity to submit <br /> testimony to the Hawaii County Council in favor of Bill 163, Draft 4, our new General Plan <br /> for the County of Hawaii. <br /> The Kona County Farm Bureau operates under the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation Policies <br /> for the State of Hawaii. Section 1 of those Policies states that: "Land is one of the greatest <br /> resources possessed by the people of Hawaii.... Agricultural lands should be protected and <br /> kept in agriculture.... Government policies should strongly restrict agriculturally zoned land <br /> to that purpose only." <br /> Within Bill 163, the additional Goals and Policies included as part of the chapter on <br /> Agriculture provide the framework that can serve to fulfill policies supported by the Hawaii <br /> Farm Bureau Federation and enhance the agricultural industry around the Island of Hawaii. <br /> Within the General Plan's proposed Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Maps (LUPAG), the <br /> addition of the Important Agricultural Lands denotation is long overdue and should greatly <br /> assist the County in planning for the expanding diversified agricultural industry. <br /> The Kona County Farm Bureau would like to suggest that any future amendments to the <br /> boundaries denoting Important Agricultural Lands as represented in Biil 163, Draft 4 be <br /> Comm: No. ~'Z•~9 <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. Date~~'N <br /> <br />