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Date: 8122106
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To: Hawaii County Council
Fax: %1-8912
From: Nancy Benavides
Pages: 3
Subject: BILL 309, Re F-2
Please include the attached written testimony and PAGE 1 of a public petition
supporting DELETE F-2 as part of the August 23rd Council Packet.
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August 22, 2006
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PO Box 585
Kealakekua, HI 96750
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To Hawaii County Council Members:
I am writing regarding General Plan Interim Amendment F-2. This amendment has
consequences for almost 100 acres of land situated between upper Napoopoo Road and
the conservation land above the Pali over Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation
District. I request that Amendment "F-2" be deleted.
If enacted. F-2 could set up the sequence of new rezoning and subdivision applications
occurring piecemeal over an indefinite length of time. Applications would be ruled on
reactively, one at a time. Decisions would be left to the polities of the changing planning
commissions and county councils in power.
The environmental impact of any single property application might be seen as minimal,
but cumulatively the environmental impact of sequential applications over time could be
extremely significant. There would be no way of truly assessing the actual ongoing
adverse impact of higher density development on Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life
Conservation District accurately.
The lands affected by the proposed F-2 Amendment are nearly l00 acres lying above a
coastal aquifer. These Pali uplands are host to very porous layers of lava rock, fractures,
lava tubes, cracks and underground water paths. Rainfall and irrigation water percolates
through the soil into groundwater, transporting contaminants of NPS pollution,( e.g.
wastewater, fertilizers, nitrates, oil, solvents, paint, termite treatments for building pads,
and the mvriad chemicals and pollutants that are toxic by-products of development.)
Although the soil has some capacity to bind pollutants, it is limited and will not filter
everything. Eventually, groundwater carrying contaminants percolates into subterranean
freshwater outflow causing pollution of the coastal waters. The coral reef ecosystems are
among the most fragile of our coastal resources. The coral reef is nourished by fresh
water outflow. Pollution of the water destroys the reef.
As our elected officials, please honor the recommendation of the Planning Commission.
Please DELETE proposed Amendment F-2. Please vigilantly protect our beloved
Kealakekua Bay and Marine Life Conservation District.
Sincerely, ~
Nancy Benavides
Napoopoo Road Concerned Citizen
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PROTECT KEALAKEKUA BAY- Act Now!
PETITION to County Council- "DELETE F-2"(part of Bill 309):
We, the following, ask that you vote to "Delete F-21:
low density above the Bay....
Proposed F-2 would change the County Land Use Designation of almost 100 acres on the
Pali, [now zoned RA-2a- Residential Agriculture 2 acres] directly above the Conservation
area over Kealakekua Bay, from "Important Agricultural LanW to "Rural Designation".
'sscnation would open the way for future
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