HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-30 Annette O'Toole - Climate ChangeFrom:ascendingstarseed
To:WPCtestimony; LPCtestimony
Subject:Revise Hawaii General Plan Testimony Here
Date:Saturday, November 30, 2024 12:24:12 PM
Aloha Commissioners,
The Big island Plan cannot go through the way it is designed. It is hard to believe any local helpeddesign this plan.
Here are some concerns:
There is a huge part of the plan dedicated to "Climate Change". However, why do mostexperts state there is NO climate danger? Climate Experts Speak Out Against ClimateDanger Click Here!
The word "Stakeholder," defined in the plan, is written 86 times and literally means anyonein 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 communityengagement and management are crucial for the success and sustainability of any initiative,as it helps ensure that diverse perspectives and interests are considered.
The OSCER Department in the plan will null and void all public input and leave decisions tounelected officials. This is NOT okay! This department should not be created. This is onpage 188, 40.8.
The Planning Department has sent out letters too many homeowners telling them their landuse 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 notpono. It breaks the Aloha Spirit law § 5-7.5. To reduce someone's property value is notokay. This must be made pono again.
There is a huge section on climate change and things that will be affected. This needs to befurther 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 goneon 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.
Hilo does not have a Community Development Plan. How can a Big Island General Planmove forward without that? Hilo is 22% of the island.
1.13 under "Increase the biodiversity and resilience of native habitats" reads, "Incentivize
private land management practices that protect and enhance natural resource values and,when appropriate, pursue the acquisition of lands for the protection of natural resources.""Incentives" mean more taxes. "Protection" means more rules. Who's "values" is this planreferring too because it's not the locals? "Pursue the acquisition of lands" does this say theyare going to pursing taking people's private property? Again with "protection of natural
resources". This plan should be focused on people growing more food and it is doing theexact opposite!
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, aresident of Papaikou, has created an Ag Villages plan.
Ag Village to add to the General Plan:
Papaikou Ag Village Objectives:
https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_2cb1cc6d604f4cdd971ad40831c745bc.pd
Papaikou Site Plan: https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_5e4cdb02efeb46a5ae949a3579aff00d.pdf
Papaikou Development:
https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_c2af52c8b3c645b1a6868a724eee8304.pdf
A Hawaiian born Kanaka revised the Collaborative Biocultural Stewardship that is in the plan.You can see it in the pdf below:
Part One:https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_0a1d5be8f1d140069415f7b691725786.pdf
Part Two: https://86fc0cbd-8207-4076-85fa-5a62e4e933b4.usrfiles.com/ugd/86fc0c_ecc498ba192d4a7689ebf31c3681c2ec.pdf
Here is a longer revised version of the plan from locals:
https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_b34739e4c99c461685de4c0207bf286e.pdf
The way this plan is written is very far from what will support our island.
Annette O'Toole