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Murashige, Laura
From: Jessica Woodbury Uessica_salerno@hotmail.com]
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Subject: Sustainability Department
Attachments: Bill 314 testimony Salerno.pdf
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Please find attached my testimony supporting the formation of a Sustain4ilit§J~eptiFtment.
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Sincerely,
Jessica Salerno
65-1170 Spencer Rd.
Kamuela Hawaii 96743
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1 Ref. Date JUN 1 TIM-
June 17, 2008
Hawaii County Council
C/o Casey Jarman, County Clerk
Ben Franklin Tower
333 KTlauea Avenue
Hilo, HI 96720.
Re: Bill 314
Council members:
We are decades behind our counterparts with regards to sustainability
and building energy performance. Our current building code is the
oldest actively adopted building code in the country, and we have no
energy code associated with it. Unlike the rest of our country, Hawaii
county is blessed with a true abundance of renewable energy. With
our isolated geography and current dependence on fossil fuel, we are
ignoring the potential revenues available by incorporating alternative
energy and sustainable practices into our community. City and county
government all across america are LEEDing the way with sustainable
design by incorporating incredibly energy efficient buildings. They are
retrofitting existing facilities and making a difference. Their sustainabil-
ity programs reduce the overall cost to operate their buildings annually
resulting in more revenues available for capital improvement projects.
Their facilities are cheaper to insure, more cost effective to maintain,
and less harmful to the environment. These efforts are making head-
lines across the globe. Are we really going to be dead last again, when
will we realize the importance of a Sustainability Department? When
we can no longer afford basic govt. Services due to high fuel costs,
when our oceans and streams are too polluted to sustain life, when our
populations have dwindled because of the high cost of energy and
fuel? When we realize the importance of a Sustainability Depart-
ment?As a taxpayer constituent, I would like to see a Sustainability
Department now. I urge all of you to approve Bill 314. The future of our
community may very well depend upon it.
Sincerely yours,
Jessica Salerno,
Taxpayer constituent
65-1170 Spencer Rd.
Kamuela Hawaii