HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 302 Draft 01 2010-2012COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 302 12
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO ENACT
LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES ON
PARCELS LESS THAN 15 ACRES THAT ARE DESIGNATED "AGRICULTURAL"
UNDER STATE LAW IN HAWAII.
WHEREAS, it is widely recognized that increases in human population, declining
natural resources (topsoil, forests, fisheries, minerals, and fuels), rising levels of air and water
pollution, climate change, unemployment, poverty, and other dangerously disruptive trends
require immediate and creative responses by private and governmental entities of all sizes, at all
levels; and
WHEREAS, the "Hawai`i 2050" plan calls upon all sectors and individuals to take
action for the sustainability of the state's economy, resources, environment, and quality of life;
and
WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Resolution 249-09 adopted the "Sustainability
Primer" which recognizes that there are "structural barriers that actually prevent people from
being able to meet their own needs;" and
WHEREAS, many citizens, families, organizations, and communities of Hawaii are
ready, willing, and able to develop, test, refine, and implement a wide range of innovative
methods, technologies, and holistic systems that increase the productivity, resilience, health, and
sustainability of Hawai`i's economy, ecosystems, people, and culture; and
WHEREAS, truly sustainable living frequently involves new and innovative methods,
technologies, and holistic systems that conserve, harvest, and produce energy; increase net -
negative CO2 output ("forests versus fires"); conserve and harvest fresh water; conserve and
improve topsoil without expensive or toxic inputs; increase local food quality and security using
organic methods and local materials; increase biodiversity and protect wildlife; provide onsite
waste treatment and recycling with minimal or zero air and surface or ground water pollution;
increase the supply of affordable housing by using on-site timber and re-using/recycling
discarded/"waste" lumber, windows, plumbing supplies, and other manufactured goods; reduce
the need for and use of imports from distant places while increasing the use and employment of
local materials, labor, skills, and products; enrich neighborhood educational, vocational, and
cultural opportunities for all ages while enhancing their experience of place and community;
reduce the need for expensive public infrastructure and services; stimulate private investments in
sustainable development; and
WHEREAS, the development, testing, and refining of the aforesaid methods,
technologies, and holistic systems for sustainable living frequently requires activities and
structures that Hawai`i's County Governments might not be authorized to permit on lands
designated "agricultural" under state law; and
WHEREAS, a Sustainable Living Research Site is an area of land on which the legal
owners and/or occupants are permitted to engage in activities and erect structures that might
otherwise be prohibited or unduly constrained by state and/or county law; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawaii State Legislature is urged to enact legislation to establish Sustainable Living Research
Sites on parcels less than 15 acres that are designated "agricultural" under state law in Hawaii.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit copies of this
Resolution to the Honorable Governor Neil Abercrombie, the President of the Hawaii State
Senate and the Speaker of the State House of Representatives for distribution to all State
Senators and Representatives.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 17th day of October , 2012.
DUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBRZ.-COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on October 17, 2012
ATTEST:
UNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESI G FICER
2
ROLL CALL VOTE
Reference: C-842/PWPRC-124
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AYES
NOES ABS EX
BLAS
X
FORD
X
HOFFMANN
X
IKEDA
X
ONISHI
X
PILAGO
X
SMART
X
YAGONG
X
YOSHIMOTO
X
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0 1 0
Reference: C-842/PWPRC-124
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