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Page 1 of 2 <br /> P/PWPRc <br /> Murashige, Laura - S'Ll 2. <br /> From: Dea Rose [kumukahi77 @gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:25 PM �. <br /> To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution#302-12 <br /> Re: SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution#302-12 <br /> I support the initiative proposed in the SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution 302-12. <br /> Thousands of Big Island residences have been constructed without Hawaii County building permits <br /> particularly in rural areas. The cost of house&outbuilding construction in accordance with current <br /> Building Code is out of the financial reach of many residents, especially during these dire economic <br /> times. <br /> This would provide a way for people to come into compliance, and be able to learn about new ways of <br /> living that are ecological They could work on how to: conserve and harvest fresh water; conserve and <br /> improve topsoil without expensive or toxic inputs: increase local food quality and security using organic <br /> methods and local materials: increase biodiversity and protect wildlife; <br /> provide onsite waste treatment and recycling with minimal or zero air and surface or ground water <br /> pollution,and many other techniques, <br /> In addition. Hawaii's need to create &support more sustainable paradigms in order to insure a healthy <br /> future is obvious_.and, in fact, has been mandated by the state goal of becoming more self-reliant& <br /> sustainable by the year 2050. <br /> This is in line with successful building code alternatives already on the books for other counties such as <br /> Mendocino's ClassK/Type 2 rural alternative dwellings. It fits in with local methods for the building of <br /> Hawaiian-style indigenous architecture. <br /> Please support this resolution and work towards an ordinance. <br /> Thank you <br /> Dea Rackley <br /> Jennifer Jackson <br /> Rhea Davis <br /> Joseph Jackson <br /> Comm. No. ` 1-17__... <br /> Ref. To: VPIA)I'12-�_ <br /> Ref. Date OCT 0 2 2012 <br /> 9/28/2012 <br />