HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-09-25 PL-INT-2024-008770 GP 2045 Draft Comments - J. Dillon DeVera, Ashley
From: Joy Dillon <
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 2:37 PM
To: Planning General Plan
Subject: Testimony Re General Plan
Attachments: General Plan Testimony 9.26.24.docx
Attached is my testimony regarding the General Plan.
RB, CRS, GRI, SRES, RSPS
Co-ChairHawaii Island Realtors Government Affairs Committee
1
Sept 25, 2024
To the Planning Department:
The final draft of the General Plan is a huge, bloated document full of government speak and
terms that appear to be concocted or copied from General Plans in other states but have no real
meaning. The Planning Dept Staff has spent years developing this document and expects the
general public to be able to decode it, understand it and comment appropriately. We cannot.
Even though there have been public meetings, most of the information is confusing and
overwhelming in its volume. However, I will attempt to relay some comments here even though
there is no way that any one person could adequately read, digest and give appropriate
feedback due to the sheer size of the document.
- What/who are stakeholders who are mentioned throughout the document?
- Why is the word Homeowner not written anywhere in the Plan?
- Take out any references to Social and Cultural Equity. These words and the policies
behind them do not belong in a General Plan.
- Climate change is not an emergency or an existential threat. There have always been
fluctuations in climate since the beginning of time. To use this incorrect theory to craft
policy, set up departments, make regulations and generally scare and confuse the public is
an abuse of power and a complete waste of taxpayer money.
Example: "Increasing equitable resilience to climate hazards will benefit historically marginalized
and those that are vulnerable to climate change impacts." What exactly does this mean? This
sounds ridiculous to me.
And I request that you remove section 3.2 Climate Change Goal, Objectives, Policies and
Action.
The main structure of the plan is "Sustainability" when it should be "Innovation." We should be
promoting thriving, not sustaining.
Even though I took the time to respond to request for testimony of the General Plan I know my
comments will fall on deaf ears. The County is invested in it's new Office of Sustainability,
Climate, Equity and Resilience and has bought the mindset of climate change hook, line and
sinker. Now we must all live with a 20 year plan that is based on erroneous thinking. Most of
what I see in the General Plan will lead to more regulations which is exactly the opposite of what
should be our goal. We need less regulation and a General Plan that is able to be understood
by the public.
Respectfully Submitted,
jail Dillon
Joy Dillon
Hilo Resident