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Murashige, Laura
From: Esta Feedora [feedora@hawaiiantel.net]
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 4:39 PM
To: County Council Testimony
Cc: Isbell, Virginia; Safarik, Gary; Ikeda, Donald, Jacobson, Bob; Pilago, K. Angel; Arakaki, James;
Hoffmann, Pete; Bob and Julie Jacobson r
Subject: Written testimony on F-2 - BILL 309 HEARING
Written Testimony on Bill 309 - F-2
to County Council Members meeting on October 24, 2006 in Hilo - t
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October 23, 2006
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Dear Hawaii County Council Members,
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How unfortunate that the promised public hearing on F-2 -Bill 309 is not to be held in Kona - as was
originally proposed and scheduled - to allow the concerned citizens of West Hawaii to easily testify at a
time and place to which they can attend during their free time (this is a working class community!). I
intended to testify at the public hearing scheduled for October 25th at the King Kamehameha Hotel but I
will not try to testify via video conferencing mechanism (I don't want to risk- again- its possible failure),
therefore I am writing to you.
I feel very strongly that it is essential that the Council DELETE the Proposed F-2 Amendment to the
General Plan Land_ Use Pattern LLUPAG Map]. If not, by changing the status of almost 100 acres above
Kealakekua Bay from "Important Agriculture" Land Use Designation to "Rural" Land Use (which
actually means "developable" since "Rural" Land Use can be rezoned to permit 9,000 square foot lots
and commercial use) you would be opening the doors to the creation of a basically suburban subdivision
right above Kealakekua Bay.
This clearly subverts the goals of preserving agricultural land in South Kona as expressed in the long-
range General Plan [GP] of February 2005.
We must preserve the unique country environment of both Kealakekua Bay and the S. Kona Agricultural
Lands. Is it not clearly to the advantage of everyone in Hawaii County that the needs of the community
in this case be considered as more important than the desire of an individual landowner?
The Delete F-2 issue is enormously important to West Hawaii citizens. We have been
made particularly aware of the dangers implicit in development in this area by
the knowledgeable members of the watershed section of the Environmental Quality
Working Group/Committee who have been working on suggestions for revisions of the
County General Plan to safeguard and regulate our watersheds. This group has done
considerable research on the subject as part of their contribution to the goals/themes
and actions that they are proposing to the experts whom the County Council hired to help
put together a good plan. Their unanimous conclusion has been to ask you to DELETE the
F-2 Amendment. Comm. No. . i=
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Again, I ask you to please DELETE the F-2 Amendment from Bill 309.
With many thanks for your efforts for the people of the County of Hawaii, I send you all aloha from
Honaunau.
Esta Marshall
P.O.Box 916
Honaunau, Hawaii 96726
10/24/2006