HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-17 Amy HarlibFrom:Amy Harlib
To:WPCtestimony; LPCtestimony
Subject:Revise Hawaii General Plan Testimony Here
Date:Sunday, November 17, 2024 9:31:49 PM
To Big Island Testimony,
I fully support the below statements from Stand Together Hawaii.
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”. LocalCommunities 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 personallyaffected 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, asit 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 onpage 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 willdrastically 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. Thismust 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 climatedanger. 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 firstweather 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 reasonfor 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 forBig 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: PapaikouDevelopment:
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.
Sincerely,
Amy HarlibCitizen, USA