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Murashige, Laura
From: Lance Duncan [lance.duncan @live.com]
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 1:15 AM °-
To: County Council
Subject: Resolution 303-12
Re: Resolution 303-12
About abolishing Public Land Dev. Corp state program, Planning Committee,
introducer: Ford
Dear council members,
I support the resolution 303-12 introduced by Brenda Ford, and thank her for
her diligent efforts to help our community.
The laws which create Public Lands Development Corporation, Act 55 and
proposed administrative rules, remove most of the important checks and
balances we, the people, have on development activities, and also prevent our
County Council from having formal input into the process, especially any
requirements to follow local zoning and building codes, for example. There is no
requirement to hold public input sessions in any of the outer island communities
as the law is written. There has been no good or believable reason given for why
the public needs this PLDC -- individual projects that have been mentioned have
legitimate avenues for discussion, decision making, funding, etc. The new laws
are simply created to short-circuit all local, home rule of the development
process. A priimary example where there is a high need for community and local
government involvement is in the PLDC's "lead role" in identifying and
developing geothermal energy opportunities on public trust lands. There is also
considerable valid controversy about whether the State of Hawaii even has the
right to develop these lands in the first place.
Besides turning the State of Hawaii into a bad steward for lands held in
public trust, the act also allows the executives and employees of the
corporation to set whatever rate of pay they find acceptable, totally outside
the constraints of civil service job classifications and pay scales.
We don't need this PLDC, and we certainly do not need to be paying top
dollar for bringing this corruption to the islands. I fully support Brenda Ford
and the full County Council in forwarding this resolution to the state
legislature of Hawaii. The Public Land Development Corporation needs to be
abolished, as it is deeply flawed in its conception and execution of its actions,
and is likely to cause great harm to our communities, and is likely meet many
expensive legal challenges.
Thank you,
Lance Duncan V Lf 3. 30
Comm. No.
Ref. To: rill C
Ref. Date 161 Z1:112
9/17/2012