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Submitted by Ian Kami P/COUNCIL <br /> RE: Bill 156 <br /> change z <br /> To: Hawaii County Council and Hawaii County Planning Department <br /> Subject: Stop the Zoning Change to Ag-1 in the Pana'ewa Farm Lots <br /> Subdivision <br /> Letter: Greetings, <br /> I just signed the following petition addressed to: Hawaii County Council <br /> and Hawaii County Planning Department. <br /> • <br /> e) <br /> Stop the Zoning Change to Ag-1 in the Pana'ewa Farm Lots Subdivtjon <br /> Nationwide, there are over 285,000,000 mouths to feed...while lesadhan= <br /> 1% claim "Farming" as an occupation. <br /> (www.epa.gov/agriculture/ag101/demographics.html). In Hawaii, we <br /> import 85% of our food (Rocky Mountain Institute. 2007. Island of Hawaii <br /> Whole System Project Phase I Report). With the ever-climbing prices of <br /> petroleum there will come a point that it will become too expensive to <br /> eat/be healthy. The Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan states that: "Hawaii <br /> has all the necessary assets to significantly improve the state's energy and <br /> food sustainability...if appropriate personal resources and funding are <br /> used wisely." The CDC states that 1 in 3 children born after 2000 will have <br /> Type II Diabetes; 1 in 150 children will be diagnosed somewhere on the <br /> autism spectrum. These are just some of the now common diseases that <br /> • correlate to the fact that the U.S. (per capita), spends the most money on <br /> medicine and the least on food in the entire world. In 2004, the Governor <br /> had to enact State Bill 2246, in response to the urban sprawl that <br /> innocently enters but soon trys to limit agricultural activities so close to <br /> their new homes. Over 1.3 million acres are already paved in America each <br /> year; twice the size of our State! Please aid this community in stopping <br /> what is a harbinger of urban-sprawl. Help us feed you...one day you might <br /> not have anywhere else to turn! You can aid in keeping this community <br /> from becoming the: Pana'ewa Farm "Lost" Subdivision. <br /> A PROMINENT LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER HAS OWNED A 12-ACRE PROPERTY <br /> FOR 30 YEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HAS DONE NOTHING WITH IT. HE <br /> NOW WANTS THE ZONING LAWS CHANGED TO ALLOW HIM TO SUBDIVIDE <br /> INTO 1 ACRE LOTS AND SELL THEM OFF. IN 2008 THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY <br /> FILLED THE COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING TO EXPRESS OUR UNANIMOUS <br /> DISAGREEMENT TO THE THEN 1/2 ACRE PROPOSAL. THIS FIRST ATTEMPT <br /> SHOWS THE UNDERLYING DISREGARD FOR AG-USE...AND THIS AFFECTS ALL <br /> OF US! <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 4 Comm. No. 11. <br /> Ref. To: UV ._.. <br /> Ref. Date ' I 1 <br />