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From: Dea Rose [kumukahi77 @gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 4:25 PM �.
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution#302-12
Re: SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution#302-12
I support the initiative proposed in the SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution 302-12.
Thousands of Big Island residences have been constructed without Hawaii County building permits
particularly in rural areas. The cost of house&outbuilding construction in accordance with current
Building Code is out of the financial reach of many residents, especially during these dire economic
times.
This would provide a way for people to come into compliance, and be able to learn about new ways of
living that are ecological They could work on how to: 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,and many other techniques,
In addition. Hawaii's need to create &support more sustainable paradigms in order to insure a healthy
future is obvious_.and, in fact, has been mandated by the state goal of becoming more self-reliant&
sustainable by the year 2050.
This is in line with successful building code alternatives already on the books for other counties such as
Mendocino's ClassK/Type 2 rural alternative dwellings. It fits in with local methods for the building of
Hawaiian-style indigenous architecture.
Please support this resolution and work towards an ordinance.
Thank you
Dea Rackley
Jennifer Jackson
Rhea Davis
Joseph Jackson
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Ref. To: VPIA)I'12-�_
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