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From: Tristan David [tristanis18 @gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 11:59 AM
To: counciltestimony @co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: 10-2-12 agenda SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES Resolution
Dear Council Members,
I support the initiative proposed in the SUSTAINABLE LIVING RESEARCH SITES
Resolution.
Thousands of Big Island residences have been constructed without Hawai'i 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,
Tristan David
(808) 965-8683
RaF. To: W IU12- -
Ref. Dote OCT 0 9 2012
10/1/2012