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DeVera, Ashley <br /> From: Kalei Kailikini < <br /> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 8:33 AM <br /> To: Planning General Plan <br /> Subject: Sept. 26, 2024 (Thursday) Hawaii County General Plan Testimony (written) <br /> Aloha Planning Department, <br /> The final draft of the Big Island general plan does not support the future of Big Island, <br /> nor does it clearly define what you want to do. It should be revised or thrown-out and <br /> redone. <br /> The current general plan looks like it will further regulate and fine the public, limit <br /> travel, cluster people into dense housing and more. It has no conclusive plan to help <br /> communities prosper. <br /> The main structure of the plan is "Sustainability" when it should be "Innovation". We <br /> want to move toward thriving communities, environmental support and economic <br /> alternatives that support farmers and homeowners and not put people in boxes while <br /> over-regulating them. <br /> The general plan you have is modeled throughout the United States/Mainland with the <br /> exact same words like: cluster, stakeholder, buffer zones, change codes, amend and <br /> more! <br /> How is it possible that it was created by the Hawaii County Planning Department when <br /> so many other General Plans around the country have the same language? <br /> Also there are several issues that are potentially detrimental for the public/people such <br /> as: 1. Oppose to parts of the Plan that attempts to give more powers to the Planning <br /> Director; 2. All sections with the word "Amend" is potentially detrimental as we do not <br /> know if those amendments will benefit the people, since there is no comparisons from <br /> current codes to what may be amended. 3. Interfering with the peoples' rights to travel <br /> is unacceptable as government has constantly eroded the peoples' rights defined in <br /> the US Constitution using excuses that can be historically proven as outlined in the <br /> Hawaii County General Plan; 3. Reference to native Hawaiian access rights - Page 111 <br /> "OBJECTIVE 17 Increase transportation connectivity. Policies 17.1" as a part native <br /> Hawaiian & have seen the STATE OF HAWAII &the Counties in Hawaii constantly violate <br /> 1 <br />