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Home My WebLink About2024-11-22 Eileen DowningFrom: Eileen Downing To: LPCtestimony Subject: Revise Hawaii General Plan Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 7:22:53 AM Attachments: preview.png preview.png preview.png preview.png Here are some concerns: 1. The word "Stakeholder," defined in the plan, is written 86 times and literally means anyone in the entire world can have input on this plan. Please recommend Stakeholder change to the following: "Local Communities". Local Communities are local Big Island farmers, homeowners, renters, organizations, businesses, and individuals who live on Big Island or have property on Big Island that will be personally affected by projects, decisions, or activities in the general plan. Effective local community engagement and management are crucial for the success and sustainability of any initiative, as it helps ensure that diverse perspectives and interests are considered. 2. The OSCER Department in the plan will null and void all public input and leave decisions to unelected officials. This is NOT okay! This department should not be created. This is on page 188, 40.8. 3. The Planning Department has sent out letters too many homeowners telling them their land use will be changed from resident to recreation due to the General Plan 2045. This will drastically lower their property value and opens the door to rezone the area. This is not pono. It breaks the Aloha Spirit law § 5-7.5. To reduce someone's property value is not okay. This must be made pono again. 4. There is a huge section on climate change and things that will be affected. This needs to be further researched. There are over 1900 credentialed scientist that say there is no climate danger. Here is the pdf showing the scientist and what country they are from. https://clintel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/WCD-241023.pdf John Coleman, the first weather man for Good Morning America and the Founder of the Weather Channel has gone on CNN and other media outlets stating, "There is no climate danger". He explain the reason for this narrative is the investors, in renewable energy, want to make these changes. 5. Hilo does not have a Community Development Plan. How can a Big Island General Plan move forward without that? Hilo is 22% of the island. 6. This plan wants to turn land into "conservation". The exact opposite is what is needed for Big Island! We need to turn land into Ag Villages and grow more food! Steve Shropshire, a resident of Papaikou, has created an Ag Villages plan. Ag Village to add to the General Plan: Papaikou Ag Village Objectives: Papaikou Site Plan: Papaikou Development: A Hawaiian born Kanaka revised the Collaborative Biocultural Stewardship that is in the plan. You can see it in the pdf below: Here is a longer revised version of the plan from locals: The way this plan is written is very far from what will support our island. Eileen Downing PROPOSED PAPAIKOU AGRARIAN POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT Project Summary Project Nam.: [New name wM nput from advrswy b&dI Applicant &Orman [New LLC wah admsory bowel[ .wner's Representative Advisory Board Location a Acreage' 25 fts .,rev hrou.so Hilo Island P. County of Hawaii Projectuth Objectives. 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The pur,mae u th, Plan is to guide the panern of future development in Me County of long.term goals for all of its residents. The Nawan Count. L.. Le, Plan Mrects future urban growth on the Ilamakua Coast These are all elements of what the Minim, world calls -Smart Growth'. Namakua needs more of this. not less. Oth prompals of 'Smart Growth- Include. Create a Range of -Housing Opportunities and Choices Create Walkable Neighborhoods Foster DIstinallve.Altrattive Communities with a Strong Sense of Place Strengthen and Direct Development Towards Existing Commundies Provide a Variety of Transportation Choices Densions Statistia suggest that young families on the Namakua Coast have largely moved away, moved In with their parents or moved to Puna for inexpenime and under -served housing options. This 0111-1.,[111111,e, lett N1.1100i5 with declining populations and once thriving plantatmn towns with vacant storefronts. This Is Me case for XALANIANAOLE ELEMENTARY & INTERMEDIATE SCNO01., across street from Me site and M need of students to ensure as viaMlity. Building modern. affordable housing. no easy task anywhere in Hawn.. For residential developers today. affordability has to include the oast ol sewage colleaion and treatment. new domestic water sources. modern road and intemection Improvements...1y and State impact fees and much more. The only way to produce Nordahle pricing IS to build a mil of housing products that allows 1110er-end houssng to carry Me shared infrastructure expenses and subsidize Me affordable product. Producing future affordable units In Namakua require careful land seleamn. 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