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Murashige, Laura
From: George & Joan Prater [gprater@bainbridge.net] Z~J6 JUL 3t Fi ?
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 2:03 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us; Pilago, K. Angel
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Subject: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2 k"[jUiV
counciltestimony@co.hawa ii.hi.us
copy: kapilago@co.hawaii.hi.us
Date: July 28, 2006
To: HawaiiThe County Council Planning Committee and County Council
Subj: Proposed General Plan Interim Amendment F-2
We request that General Plan Interim Amendment on F-2 be deleted in
order to protect Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District,
1. This amendment would open the door to piece-meal applications for
rezoning and sub-dividing lots enabling applications for density of
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 f
coastal resources, is not adhering to the mandates and spirit of the
General Plan. The proposed F-2 Amendment should be DELETED.
Sincerely,
Joan E. and George I. Prater
82-986 Pa'ikapahu Street
Captain Cook, HI 96704 by
Comm. No.
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