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Murashige, Laura
From: KEOFF@co.hawaii.hi.us on behalf of KAPILAGO@co.hawaii.hi.us
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 4:26 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: FW: PLEASE DELETE F-2 Amendment
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From: M.E. "Meg" Greenwell [mailto:MEGatKRL@hawaii.rr.com] c r
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:39 PM ro
To: Pilago, K. Angel
Subject: PLEASE DELETE F-2 Amendment
Date: July 28, 2006
Re: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2
To the County Council Planning Committee and County Council,
To protect Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District, I ask that General Plan
Interim Amendment on F-2 be deleted. This amendment would open the door to piece-meal
applications for rezoning and sub-dividing lots, enabling applications for density ofY2 acre lots
instead of the minimum 2 acres now in effect for these almost 100 acres above the Bay.
If F-2 is enacted, there would be no way to adequately protect the Bay from adverse impacts of
higher density development because there is no way to adequately monitor the Non-Point
Source Pollution and Cumulative Secondary Impacts of on-going piecemeal development. The
F-2 Amendment has no provisions for a comprehensive proactive integrated plan to protect
Kealakekua Bay. It only opens the door to higher density development.
Applications for rezoning or further subdivision would be ruled on reactively, one piece at a
time, without being able to predict accumulating impacts on the coastal ecosystems. The F-2
Amendment would allow decisions to be made on piecemeal basis for future rezoning
applications and future subdivision of lots. Those decisions would be left to the politics of the
changing Planning Commissions and County Councils in power.
The Hawaii County General Plan mandates protecting our irreplaceable Natural Resources.
The coral reef, water quality, and fish ecosystems are already stressed by human use. Federal
and State coastal programs are being developed to implement comprehensive, proactive,
integrated land use policies to prevent damage to coastal resources. Proposing Land Use
policies, like the F-2 amendment that can undermine effective long-term protection for our
coastal resources, is not adhering to the mandates and spirit of the General Plan. The
proposed F-2 Amendment should be DELETED.
Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District should be PROTECTED.
Yours truly,
M. E. Greenwell Comm. No. C111000.
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