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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-03 Kana Leohano Testimony From: kanaloaleohano To: W PCtesti mono Subject: IGNORE current proposal,use older proposal Date: Sunday,November 3,2024 3:32:04 PM I have just learned that A GENERAL PLAN WAS ALREADY WRITTEN for our Island of Hawaii that WAS IN FAVOR OF HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND CARING FOR THE `AINA. It was written in 2005 (updated in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2014 III) and is here https://www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/301643/637204664141830000 WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO RE-INVENT A VERY GOOD WHEEL? AND AT TAXPAYER(MY) EXPENSE???????? I can only imagine NEFARIOUS reasons!!!! As I see it, the proposed, insane 2045 plan is written by and for"stakeholders,"since (as I previously commented, comments repeated below**)the words "homeowner"and "farmer" DO NOT APPEAR EVEN ONCE in this debacle of a document. GET RID OF IT !! "Farmer" is in the 2005 EXCELLENT GENERAL PLAN fourteen (14)times and "homeowner" appears four(4)times. The proposed, insane "2045" document is written in complete reverse of this excellent "2005"document. Signed, Kana Leohano **My comments submitted on November 1, 2024 are repeated here: 1. The entire thing (proposed 2045 General Plan) needs to be re-done by people who love people -- not profit, that is by people who work from the SPIRIT of the State Constitution section 5-7.5 regarding ALOHA SPIRIT. To quote: "Aloha" means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth in caring with no obligation in return. The current draft involves people in power who are seeking to line their own pockets. Stop. Seriously, dump the whole thing IT IS OBVIOUSLY WRITTEN BY SOMEONE IN THE PAY OF Blackrock, Vanguard, Gates, Soros, or any number of other disgusting, money-printing entities. The core of the document is: "The County`s desired land use development pattern." THIS IS NOT FOR THE COUNTY TO DECIDE !!!! As noted in 411 below: Our micro-climates are so vast and varied there is NO CHANCE that anyone at the County level would know what needs to go where. THAT CAN ONLY BE LEARNED BY LIVING ON, BY WALKING, THE LAND. Leave people to make their OWN DECISIONS about what to do with their own land. 2. The State, and the County, have NO RIGHT TO ACQUIRE LAND !! and any reference to such in this proposed document should be removed!!! And, the State has NO RIGHT to any County property, and none should be handed over without agreement of ancestral owners and local residents, and NO HARBOR SHOULD BE HANDED TO THE STATE. Remove any reference to "Hawai`i State Wildlife Action Plan" as it has NO RELEVANCE for our island and the State should NOT BE MANAGING our island. 3. There is no such thing as "climate change" caused by humans, and anything referring to such should be entirely removed. https://clintel.org/world-climate-declaration/ Remove ANY reference to "carbon footprint", "net zero", "greenhouse gas", "green infrastructure" and / or "climate adaptation". Remove ANY reference to "decarbonizing." 4. Remove the section 2.2 Biocultural Stewardship Goal (1.13) because Maui has shown the pain, suffering and financial loss such government over-reach leads to. 5. Remove the section 17.4, Page 111, because a person applying for land use clearance should not involve the government attempting to grab their land. 6. Remove the word "stakeholder" from everywhere it appears, and instead use the words "homeowner" or "farmer". 7. Leave the zoning alone. Leave it alone. 8. Remove ANY reference to "digital literacy" and its related "5G"-type insanity. BETTER TO PUT SOMETHING ABOUT "FARMING LITERACY" OR "FISHING LITERACY" OR "HUNTING LITERACY". Remove ANY reference to prioritizing digital above actual. There is nothing in this proposed document about PRIORITIZING FARMING, FISHPOND CARE AND MAINTENANCE, and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT and THERE SHOULD BE !!!!! 9. Remove the words "equity" and "equitable" from everywhere they appear. We need EQUALITY of opportunity, NOT equity of results !!!! People need to work for what they get, and people who have worked and succeeded need to keep the fruits of their labors. THERE WILL NEVER BE EQUITY, LEGISLATED OR NOT!!!! "Safe and affordable utilities" are NOT a right! People need to work for what they get! 10. Remove the word "sustainability" from everywhere it appears. This is NOT something that can be regulated into existence!!! It is a loosey-goosey term that has NO SCIENTIFIC PARAMETERS, NO EFFECTIVE DEFINITION for anything to do with lawmaking !! 11. Remove ANY proposed regulation that would increase restriction or result in ANY fee to a farmer. We need food !! 12. Remove ANY proposed requirement for a permit. We have too many of these already. 13. Remove ANY reference to "incinerator" -- "waste-to-energy" or ANY other use. NO resident wants such, and we have stated such in the past UNEQUIVOCALLY. 14. Remove ANY proposed map of land use. Our micro-climates are so vast and varied there is NO CHANCE that anyone making a map would know what needs to go where. THAT CAN ONLY BE LEARNED BY LIVING ON, BY WALKING, THE LAND. Leave people to make their OWN DECISIONS about what to do with their own land. Remove the word "conform" any time it has ANYTHING to do with private land use. 15. REMOVE 32c and 32p and 20e because all have to do with the heinous, despicable, insane, terrible, egregious concept of"smart" cities. In fact, remove EVERYTHING that has ANYTHING to do with the "SMART" acronym and / or idea. 16. Remove ANY reference to digital currencies. 17. Remove ANY reference to clusters of population, or "site clustering of development". This island is NOT THE PLACE for such ideas. We are farmers. REMOVE section 4.5.1. Remove ANY reference to population density or "clusters". This island is NOT THE PLACE for such ideas. ALSO, IT IS INSANE TO PRIORITIZE WALKING AND BICYCLING OVER CARS ON THIS ISLAND. No farmer is going to walk or bicycle to get his / her produce to market !!!! 18. Remove ANY use of the word "resilience." This is a psychological term that has NO PLACE in a government document. 19. Close down the County Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience (OSCER) as NOBODY VOTED FOR THIS OFFICE TO BE STARTED. Remove ANY reference to such office from the proposed general plan. 20. Remove ANY reference to "incentive" in regard to taxes on people's land, such as to "incentivize" them to build "affordable" housing. This is a COMPLETELY WRONG way to get "affordable" housing built. MUCH MORE IMPORTANT would be to "incentivize" clean industries to move to our island, where people would be able to get employment to AFFORD good housing. In fact, THERE IS NOTHING IN THE DOCUMENT TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH !!! WHY NOT? 21. Remove ANY concept that would involve "inspection" or "surveillance" or "inventory" of land. 22. Housing developers should not be released from requirements to build infrastructure and should have to post a bond, so we stop having them "get away with" never completing promised roads, etc. 23. Prohibit 5G, or 6G, or whatever they come up with that is similar. 24. All current use of septic or cesspool should be grandfathered-in, with only changes made at a market-rate sale of a property. There are VERY FEW areas where household waste water affects the ocean or inland water. Take care of those few places, leave everything else alone. And this has NOTHING to do with centralized wastewater -- not on our lava-rock island!!! In fact, there should be an AUDIT of CURRENT centralized wastewater facilities, as there are problems with some of them!!! 25. Get Pohakuloa Military Base to stop polluting. NO "TREATED" WASTEWATER for any food or farming use. 26. Pohakuloa Military Base gets its land for a dollar a year and shoots weapons directly above our island's largest aquifer. Get them to stop! 27. Remove ANY reference to incentivizing or regulating water use. THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR SUCH. We have water-use people already taking care of this. "Water commitments" are something the DWS should take care of-- or individual bills introduced to remedy any problem. 28. Remove the phrase "circular systems". This is a concept only vaguely defined and certainly without any solid demonstration of its use. 29. Remove the phrase "Vision Zero" as it has NO RELEVANCE for our island. 30. Remove the phrase "One Water" as it refers to a North America group and has NO RELEVANCE for our island. WHAT ALREADY HAS BEEN SAID, AND I REPEAT: General Plan 2045 references `economic growth` but does not discuss in any way the drivers of the economy. It SHOULD be a study and plan, on how best to support: Farmers Producers of Goods Providers of Services .....so we can build a great economy together. Rather, it seeks to: restrict, impose fees, place taxes ... pays attention to airport terminals and harbors, transportation and urban development -- nothing that is alive and producing value for our economy, but tools that are needed by people who ARE alive and producing, so should not be used as a way to rake in money for civil servant salaries. Supposedly a plan about development, it barely mentions the Farmers, Producers of Goods, Providers of Services, barely mentions: Agriculture Commerce Industries Jobs Economic Activities It wants to make everyone walk, ride a bike or take a bus. Nuts. Dump the whole thing.