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From: Esta Feedora [estafeedora @gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 7:01 PM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Please hold hearings on Bill 266, draft 3/agritourism
Dear COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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SUBJECT:
Hearings on agritourism/ Bill 266, draft 3/ County Council 9 AM
Wed 8-15-12
After the three years of meetings between the Hawai'i Agritourism
Association and the Planning Department that produced this bill, we
need public input on this bill. I urge you to hold hearings on
agritourism!
I support responsible agritourism that assists farmers and increases
food self-sufficiency. And I appreciate the strengthened
requirements in draft 3 of Bill 266. But there are problems with this
bill and you need
input from farmers who just farm, and residents who don't.
SOME PROBLEMS THAT NEED CLARIFICATION and PUBLIC
DISCUSSION:
• It appears quiet rural neighborhoods could get 350 visitors in
350 cars, once a week, for ten months in a row, with no warning
and no way to stop them.
• Visitors, farm trucks, tractors, carts, and animals would mix
on substandard roads with multiple owners, some off-island. Who's
liable for injuries, crashes, blocked traffic, and wear and tear on
roads?
• Wandering visitors may trespass on neighbors' land.
• There may be noise from vehicles, music, and tour guide
microphones.
• Will agritourism be allowed even if there's no agriculture?
• Will farmers be priced out of the market as agritourism
operators buy up land?
Comm. No. ` 5.I 0
Ref.To: PfCM 1
Ref. Date AUG 1 5 91112
8/14/2012
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Please hold hearings!
Mahalo.
Esta Marshall
POB 916
Honaunau, HI 96726
8/14/2012