HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-03 Josh Moody Testimony GP 2045From:Josh Moody
To:WPCtestimony
Subject:Reject GP 2045 Keep GP 2005
Date:Sunday, November 3, 2024 10:23:51 PM
Dear Windward Planning Commission-
Lets please discard GP 2045 at this time. The document is far too simple and vague to move forward without
additional work to clarify terms with regard to property rights. The GP 2005 document by comparison has a more
complete definition of terms for land and specific uses like farms, private property, and private property rights.
I would say that the general public and the county needs more transparency before we can pass any plan, but a good
start would be to rework failures like page 111 section 17.4 “Land use application shall identify as early as possible
any existing potential active living corridors that should be incorporated into the counties open space network.”
As written this appears to be language authorizing land appropriation for conversion into “open space” - needs
clarification to read, “in no way will affect private land ownership or re-zoning of current acreage lands or
residentially zoned areas.”
Remove Page 116, 19.7: "Concurrency reviews should incorporate reduction in vehicle miles traveled to mitigate
traffic impacts and achieve sustainability and demand management goals." The Constitution says we have the right
to travel! It is not the right of the Planning department to "demand" that your management goals reduce that right!
Anything that reads, "Reduce vehicle miles traveled" should be removed from this plan.
Please expect oversight on any attempts to limit rights and freedoms in your planning moving forward. Most likely
these attempts would fail at the Federal level when challenged. None of the counties in Hawaii should expect to
waste taxpayer dollars to fight unconstitutional and radical agendas doomed to failure for rushed and poorly worked
language.
Lastly I would ask you to consider the consequences of enacting this legislation for yourselves personally. All US
citizens work to provide for ourselves and our families. Private property rights are generally the main goal, a source
of personal pride, and the reason we work. Your civic responsbility needs to identify the effect of your actions
within the planning commission.
Mahalo for your time and thank you in advance for your rejection of General Plan 245. Please edit to confirm land
rights protections for private land owers and residentail owners and with freedom of movement provisions protected.
Josh Moody