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Loy,Sue; Poindexter,Valerie;Richards,Tim;Villeoas,Rebecca
Subject: We oppose Bill 16-the proposed Pi"ilani Partners bottling plant near Wailoa Park in Hilo.
Date: Sunday,February 17,2019 1:35:40 PM
Aloha Council Members,
I do believe our Constitution relates to this proposal., Don't you?
The Hawaii Constitution Section XI subsection 1 provides:
"For the benefit of present and future generations, the State and its political
subdivisions shall conserve and protect Hawaii's natural beauty and all natural
resources, including land, water, air, minerals and energy sources, and shall
promote the development and utilization of these resources in a manner
consistent with their conservation and in furtherance of the self-sufficiency of
the State.
All public natural resources are held in trust by the State for the benefit of all
people.
It is on the basis of this constitutional"Public Trust"provision that decisions
involving land and watermust be guided by the "Precautionary Principle" when
we weigh our private wants against the ability of the environment to
accommodate those wants.
The precautionary principle requires long=term vision and mandates that
government entities favor caution and conservation in any case in which
information is uncertain. The burden of proving that the resource is adequate
and that its proposed use is consistent with the sustainable health of the
ecosystem falls onthe party proposing to use the resource.
I am especially appalled that the bottling plant could generate over one million
plastic bottles a day. We, an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean who deal
with plastic debris from the ocean daily, want to encourage MORE plastic in the
ocean (yes, that is where a lot will go.)???? That is crazy!!!
And burning fossil fuel for energy? We want to increase global warming?
Aquifers are only recharged with water and kept pure if the watersheds above
Comm. No. (P4'Q
Ref. To: PPG
Ref. Date FEB 1 9 2019
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ground are cared for.
Climate Change ... Global Warming, drought... We should NOT be giving away
water, a public trust resource!!! This resource is not "owned"by the county or
state to do as it pleases ... it is held in trust for We The People! Our deep,
untouched aquifer should be protected, not handed over to Pi'ilani Partners.
Mahalo nui loa,
Gail Jackson
68-1907 Lina Poepoe St
Waikoloa, HI 96738