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DeVera, Ashley <br /> From: Fran Copp < <br /> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 11:29 AM <br /> To: Planning General Plan <br /> Subject: Re Hawaii plan for 2030 <br /> Attachments: Big Island General Plan 2045 Testimony .pdf <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 travel, <br /> 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 Big Island Planning Department when so <br /> many other General Plans around the country have the same language? <br /> What I wonder is why this plan wasn't set up as a workshop for the community <br /> members to create their own plan to showcase the unique aina and members of the <br /> community. <br /> Our community should not look like every other community. <br /> Please consider revisions as stated below. <br /> Fran Copp <br /> 1 <br />