2024-09-26 PL-INT-2024-008834 GP 2045 Draft Comments - C. Rohr

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DeVera, Ashley From: Claudia Rohr < Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2024 12:01 PM To: Planning General Plan Cc: Planning Internet Mail; Surprenant, April Subject: General Plan 2024 proposed content Aloha- There is no good way to edit comments online, so I am repeating/editing some of my proposed amendments to the proposed GP 2045 here that have been ignored. Please confirm receipt. [Proposed Amendment, replacing the proposed content with:] CLIMATE CHANGE GOAL The people of Hawaii have declared "a climate emergency."S.C.R. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 31st Leg., Reg. Sess. (2021). To ensure our residents' right to a life-sustaining climate,the County of Hawaii adopts a primary goal to reduce carbon and greenhouse gas emissions now, before the damage done to the environment is irreversible,through adopting a zero carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, clean economy target and through incorporating equitable climate mitigation and adaptation strategies and priorities into all policies, programs, infrastructure, and decision making. OBJECTIVE 1 Ensure the County addresses our climate emergency and achieves the state carbon goal deadlines set out in Chapter 225P, Hawaii Revised Statutes and S.C.R. 44, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 31st Leg., Reg. Sess. (2021). OBJECTIVE 2 Ensure that our county prioritizes and schedules the fortification of low areas in our roadways being inundated by high tide and storm events as an equitable climate mitigation and adaptive strategy to protect our coastal transportation infrastructure and corresponding water and sewer infrastructure therein. [Proposed Amendment replacing/adding content:] POLICIES 1.1 Sequester more atmospheric carbon and greenhouse gases than emitted within the County as quickly as practicable, but no later than 2045; provided that the County target includes a greenhouse gas emissions limit,to be achieved no later than 2030, of at least fifty per cent below the level of the County's greenhouse gas emissions in 2005. 1.2 Promote, encourage, and reward healthful modes of transportation such as walking and riding bicycles. 1.3 Promote, encourage, and reward the use of public transportation for everyone. 1.4 Discourage and decrease the use of private vehicles on our roadways. 1.5 Promote, encourage, and reward a healthful, locally produced whole foods diet for everyone. 1.6 Promote, encourage, and reward energy self-sufficiency for everyone. 1.7 Promote, encourage and reward affordable and subsidized housing projects that are energy efficient and that use environmentally friendly and sustainable materials. [Proposed Amendment, replace/add:] PRIORITY ACTIONS 1