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Page 1 of 1 <br /> PIPwPR.c <br /> Murashige, Laura ".1Z <br /> C�? z 84 2 <br /> From: Tristan David [tristanis18 @gmail.com] <br /> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:59 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: 10-2-12 agenda SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution <br /> Dear Council Members, <br /> I support the initiative proposed in the SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES <br /> Resolution. <br /> Thousands of Big Island residences have been constructed without Hawai'i County building <br /> permits particularly in rural areas. The cost of house & outbuilding construction in accordance <br /> with current Building Code is out of the financial reach of many residents, especially during <br /> these dire economic times. <br /> This would provide a way for people to come into compliance, and be able to learn about <br /> new ways of living that are ecological. They could work on how to: conserve and harvest fresh <br /> water; conserve and improve topsoil without expensive or toxic inputs; increase local food <br /> quality and security using organic methods and local materials; increase biodiversity and protect <br /> wildlife; <br /> provide onsite waste treatment and recycling with minimal or zero air and surface or ground <br /> water pollution, and many other techniques. <br /> In addition, Hawaii's need to create & support more sustainable paradigms in order to insure <br /> a healthy future is obvious...and, in fact, has been mandated by the state goal of becoming more <br /> self-reliant& sustainable by the year 2050. <br /> This is in line with successful building code alternatives already on the books for other counties <br /> such as Mendocino's ClassK/Type 2 rural alternative dwellings. It fits in with local methods for <br /> the building of Hawaiian-style indigenous architecture. <br /> Please support this resolution, and work towards an ordinance. <br /> Thank you, <br /> Tristan David <br /> (808) 965-8683 <br /> RaF. To: W IU12- - <br /> Ref. Dote OCT 0 9 2012 <br /> 10/1/2012 <br />