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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7. General Comments (P. lot).2019 Draft General Plan Public Comments County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments- General Comment Source Date A'ole TMT maybe for you, but what about keiki and kupuna Aupuni Center Hallway 10/28/2019 • Need focus group-- people w/disabilities (general?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Have focus group for people with disabilities Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Infrastructure investment will be prioritized to implement Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 land use goals--#1 • Waianuenue --condition bad Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Before the Plan moves on can the County take it into the Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 communities (general?) • (3 people) Also opposed the spaceport on Shipman land abutting Pana'ewa farm lots (DHHL) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Hilo is a blank canvas. Hasn't been updated. (general?) Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Train staff to not give oral turndowns/disapprovals at the Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 counter for ag storage structures (general?) • Rather go in dept. building infrastructure than anything else structures will last Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Possibility of civil unrest due to lack of infrastructure Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (3 people) People come from urban areas--we need to Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 keep our country rural areas RURAL • Review and revise building and zoning codes for schools. Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Many small schools-- innovative. Greater flexibility for • Monitor convicted persons, drugs/vehicle thefts, with Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 ankle bracelets gps • Helco credit/bill reduction for folks who electronically Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 pump water • Shocked about least resilient Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Need sustainability to have appropriate funding for hiring staff to carry out actions Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Pana'ewa: Opposed to spaceport on Shipman land abutting Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 DHHL farmers and residents. Official position of Keaukaha- • Poster layouts were well organized and easy to follow Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 (general?) • Marine sanctuary for Richardson +Carlsmith Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Just let mother nature do her thing Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Natural wetlands to treat water • Took ACE 8 years to do a project Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Hilo Bay specifically 1 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date • TAT Funds should stay local o Earned here, should stay here Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Climate change -> follow up policies that could inhibit Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 development in those areas • Flooding in Hawaiian Acres -> change into park? Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Very dangerous to place a spaceport 1.7 miles from his Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 residence • Complaint about Penn Property on Kamehameha, is an Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 eyesore and not good for business, is also attracting homeless • Concern about tax dollars not spent for taxpayer benefit. Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 o Private entity.TMT specifically • Hilo doesn't have a CDP and it's needed Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Hilo needs a CDP, especially since it's the islands urban Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 center • Continue Speakout opportunities Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Be good to have Speakout at the mall for elderly Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Would like more people to be answering questions Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Enjoyed event-- lots of info Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Excellent event Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Was crowded and loud Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Loved it--very informed Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Fabulous -- have one event for realtors Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Set up week long open house Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Gave me new perspectives on long standing issues Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • 1 read every single comment (form others) --the best part Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 of this • Thank you for listening. Awesome. Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 This was so great Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • 2 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date • Speakout process is honoring of the community, their Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 needs and concerns • Impressed with the consideration given Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Ample opportunity to accept input Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Considerate to make plan available online Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Good staff to be informative and kind Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Seems like there is genuine interest in community voice Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Love it. You guys get it. Been involved for 30 years and this has been a long time coming.Thank you Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (2 people) great event Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (2 people) Sunday not the best day to hold. Church conflict Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • This is awesome! Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Great presentations and great format • Glad County employees, not just consultants Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • (2 people) Great not just a presentation, loved the format Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • GREAT plan -- now act Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Be inclusive re accessibility • Loved reading others comments Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Hard to give feedback when people are talking to you while Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 you are reading. Let people digest info at each station then one • Lead gold cert for all new and renovated County facilities Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 • Not one thing we can be proud of in terms of facilities that Hilo Speakout 8/11/2019 accommodate disabled citizens Where's the money to repair existing (i.e. Kohala reservoirs) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 3 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Shake it up/ break it up! Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 • Remake it to serve 'aina and kanaka Life is the leading cause of death Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Reference from Jon: Bloomberg business news article Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Determine carrying capacity of island for people. Have all Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 populations by county on recyclable paper and/or online Forbid destroying bee swarms whenever possible Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 If we bypass a town center commerce may decrease Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 DOE is tending to build big schools planning on location and Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 size should help in traffic situation Plan needs to be "readable" Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Connection/interaction with CDPs Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Overall planning/consistency with other plans (Hamakua CDP) Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 County buildings and facilities need to be regularly/ Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 continuously recommissioned for energy and water efficiency. Fire code always changing-Water use calculations make it Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 hard for consistency/affordability etc. Clarify which agency could even add a letter to action item to Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 identify agency Kuleana for agency actions Fairness of impact fees? i.e. school impact fees Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 • As a community evolves it's facilities need too O'ahu/ Maui use condemnation to build roads -why doesn't Hilo Topic Focus WS 10/26/2019 Hawai'i Island? Maintain an open and positive attitude Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Listen to understand Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 own ideas Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 It's okay to disagree as long as it is done respectfully. If you Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 need to argue, argue the issue and not against a person One person speaks at a time with no side conversations Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Limit distractions by turning cell phones off and not doing Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 outside work during a meeting In appreciation of everyone's time, please honor time limits Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 4 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Send Ag studies to group Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Zendo provide feedback on pastoral areas that are primarily Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 raw lava Self sustainability is the goal - how and time frame need to support Ag vs. tourism infrastructure needs related Hilo Topic Workshop 10/12/2019 Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 Immigration domestic 7 challenge SpeakOut Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 Co-op for home health care SpeakOut Gated community- not appropriate Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 • Makes us fee excluded SpeakOut Kona CDP said not to have more gated communities -can we Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 do that too? SpeakOut Lack of education for renovating local architecture (old houses) Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 for earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. SpeakOut Public outreach Honoka'a Mini 9/30/2019 • Disaster mitigation education missing SpeakOut Is maintenance part of the GP? County needs to proactively Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 take care of existing infrastructure (2 people) Each strategy should have at least one action Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (2 people) Have a reference online like an index to see all other Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 plans as mentioned in (intro p 3) Have definition of permitted accessory within GP Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 positive Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Allow people to install their own plumbing and electrical, Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 similar to owner-builder laws Educate the kids about opportunities after they graduate, so Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 they have guidance on what they can do. Kids in Ka'u are left Infrastructure in Ka'u seems to be only for new development as Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 prescribed in CDP (2 people) need to put a schedule with timeline and money. Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Most GP states the period -- it's kind of vague (2 people) Check the reality of what is being said Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Needing reliable systems Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Link sustainability to education -- kids need to learn about it Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (2 people) Great ideas...get it done Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 5 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Waiting for Action Committee to be finalized Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 If you guys accomplish even %of what's proposed it would be Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 wonderful Ka'u community came out to opposed Punalu'u Development Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • Group 70 early 2000s Ka'u was the first place Hawaiians arrived and will be the last Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 place to be urbanized Pahala doesn't have a public graveyard for our community Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Worried about million dollar homes and gentlemen farmers Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 moving into upper Pahala --that will price out local residents Concerned about Olsen's fertilizers and waste H2O Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Water is our most/main concern Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 (3 people) Great Ideas --GET IT DONE! Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 • I ditto this comment I was afraid it would be a long, boring event, but it turned out Ka'6 Speakout 8/25/2019 to be a blast! 9:00 on Sunday is too early Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 I remembered this-- it's very good! Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 I'm back-- I couldn't stay away! Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Wow--you all are doing such a good job Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Nice to see old friends and don't forget our sewage projects Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 K Nice to have live music a'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Very well done-- nice to have a place for the keiki to play Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Very well formatted Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Great personnel — mahalo Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 This is good -- but how are you really getting the communities Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 voice? Most won't attend this. Need to come to us where we This was very good Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 6 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date No one paying attention to the fertilizer runoff in coffee farms Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 in areas their waste. Where it is going is affecting the aina. (2 people) How do you make is affordable and neutral to all? In Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Actions Sites are based on obsolete county plans--they do not pick up Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 on current issues 132: Use improve the answer as a tool not enable Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 Address existing infrastructure before approving future Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 developments Want results and actions-- bureaucracy has great difficulty Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 with prioritizing and implementing. Objectives of gen plan Bat resting trees shall be identifies County wide and protected Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 with 5ft chain link fencing, with 20ft radius from tree (natural Instead of reduce water usage -> reduce people Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • Need a balance knowing what the water sources are and Solve tire problem Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Commit to resources Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Enforce policies to ensure property owners comply with Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 existing codes County and state partnerships to ensure compliance and take Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 advantage of benefits of such partnerships Interface State and County policies and implementation of Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 projects Monitoring and accountability of state/county agencies Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Cannot forget our local communities Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Glad County is open to receiving feedback Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Balancing voice in County Planning Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 •Transient resident/landowner/business mindset vs local This is such a happy place--good job making this feel like such Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 a fun party! THANK You! Seriously, this was excellent--thank you for Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 having me! Thank you for inviting us in to share our comments-- it was Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 very nice! Very good! Very professional! I Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 7 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Wow, you guys went all out! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 I'm exhausted and have exhausted your staff-- LOL. Filled up Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 more than 3 sheets! This isn't my usual gig but needed to check it out -- pretty cool Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Thanks for putting this on! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 There should be more than one of these events in each area This event has already lowered my blood pressure! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Re: cost of printed plans "how discouraging" Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Process is great--feels very open and inclusive Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 It's all good -- but it's a lot-- I really think we could do a two Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 day thing! This is aweeeessomme!!! -Keiki Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Awesome! We learned some things Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Thank you so much for doing this and allowing us to give input. 1 am going to keep thinking and share some more! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 It was wonderful -- but you should move it to downtown -- yKona Speakout 8/24/2019 you'd get more drop-ins Use County park downtown. Hale Halawai Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Well done! Liked that we didn't have to write! Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 All County agencies should talk and concur on goals of the plan especially parks and MTA concerning HUB Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 Master planning-- "smart" cities Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 • In a designated area that makes sense for high density No commercial waste dumping in Kona making it difficult for Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 gardeners to operate their businesses Absentee owners ("snowbirds") run Kona -- hardest group to Kona Speakout 8/24/2019 talk to Hawai'i has such a bad rep with regulatory issues deterring Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 developers Ned actionable- measurable strategies Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 8 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date * Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Schools- 2 of the bottom 5 schools in the state is in Kona Sustainability Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 *After school programs Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Taking care of West Hawai'i and East Hawai'i Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 *Schools should be part of infrastructure, Kona has 2 of the Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 bottom 5 schools in the state Many of the issues discussed are best addressed by County but much should be addressed by regional CDPs Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Question about 84%figure of households and cesspools Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Make sure standards and statistics from other places are Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 contextualize for Hawai'i (ex. storm water) Regulation cost time and money in Hawaii Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Make development hard and expensive Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 What is island vision 20 years Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 • Is it same just bigger? Each district work with federal soils and water conservation Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 district to address the issues specific to each district We need to argue community to work with government to Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 solve there issues To take 10- 12 years is unacceptable, the GP can fix this and is Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 doing well to try What community members can do to learn and help (county?- Kona Topic Workshop 9/28/2019 GP?) Na Leo film GP sessions to share more widely? Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Need to engage youth Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Elevation should inform safe routes to school planning Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 (consider steep inclines for pedestrian/youth) If we wish to develop where we can service (USA)we need to be able to have a flexible boundary to the area Kona Topic Workshop 10/19/2019 Put in the glossary what "support" means and expand on it a N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 bit! SpeakOut Chemical trails- need to stop-a huge problem, causes illness N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 for every living animal and vegetation I SpeakOut 9 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Keokeo park- something broken so hot fixed but just taken N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 down - people getting really angry SpeakOut Turn the lights on at the judicial building outside when holding N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 PM meetings SpeakOut N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Enforce existing laws! ENFORCE! ENFORCE! SpeakOut N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Aloha from Kohala! Stay in touch! See you at the conventions! SpeakOut Cafeteria separated from middle school -floods/ landslide N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 closer road - Kids didn't get lunch (Sarah Pule Fujii) SpeakOut So behind in protection:At least we have an inventory in N. N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Kohala now thanks to Ag water study SpeakOut N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 Focus on resident needs not tourist or business needs SpeakOut Including access to reproductive health care, resources and N. Kohala Mini 9/25/2019 sexual health education. Kapai'au 1 day per week SpeakOut Need to make meetings more accessible N. Kohala Mini • Kona is too far for elderly people in N. Kohala SpeakOut 9/25/2019 Need to do satellite viewing of speakout events for rural areas N. Kohala Mini like N. Kohala SpeakOut 9/25/2019 Library only has 7 computers but is limited to provide access to the database and can share resources Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 Not everyone wants to be connected Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 Napa Auto Parts recently had all their solar panes taken down Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 why? Better education of placement of solar panels on property i.e. Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 bakery across Paul's gas station put panels a couple years ago how would buyouts affect planning for state and county Pahoa GP SpeakOut 10/5/2019 services? Proposed rocket launch facility Is not compatible near Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 Pana'ewa SpeakOut Concern about the only coastal road and only exit through Pana'ewa GP Mini 10/22/2019 airport SpeakOut Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 SpeakOut How many things from 2005 plan were implemented? Puka'ana Church GP 10/16/2019 What about neighborhood boards? SpeakOut Every page I read in this document is contradicted by actual Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 county action, sadly! Ex: this week the proposal by the County 10 County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan 2019 Public Comments-General Comment Source Date Natural habitat/ housing (ex.Volcano Village) overlays - Volcano GP SpeakOut 10/7/2019 blending of residential and protected areas. Natural, rural, Waikoloa GP SpeakOut 10/24/2019 Storage facility in the industrial area of communities Need more enforcement of traffic and even zoning Waikoloa GP Speakout 10/24/2019 requirements • Good to mesh CDPs w. GP (general?) Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Likes the speak-out format because o Who is going to read the entire draft Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Neighborhood-level plans Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • RPT-> Comprehensive review needed of both Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 classes/zoning and tied to those classes • How to promote recycling? Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Get into action Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Let me help you spread the word to get more people to Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 share their comments • Incorporate comments received today in next SpeakOuts Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Put dots or stars when others agree with those comments Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • This is great. We need good long term planning Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • This is awesome. You folks listening to everybody's ideas. Lots of different comments Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • (2 people) Great event Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 o Spent 2 hours • Know lead resource people Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 • Public comments taken with "grace" care taken to capture Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 intent of comments • Would like printouts of poster boards to take home Waimea Speakout 8/10/2019 (general?) 11