HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-12-05 Adrienne HewFrom:heyhew@me.com
To:WPCtestimony; LPCtestimony
Subject:The Big Island General Plan
Date:Thursday, December 5, 2024 2:29:19 PM
The Big island Plan is inherently violent toward local people and cannot go through as designed. It ishard to believe any local helped design this plan. Here are some concerns:
If you’re serious about addressing a changing climate, you will BAN the two biggest polluters onthe climate: the US military and private jet travel. Leave the taxpayer out of this grift by puttingthe onus where it belongs—on the actual polluters.
So-called "Stakeholders” are who collapsed the Soviet Union. Are you really trying to collapse thegovernment? If so, why? As public servants, you should be serving the public, not private equityfirms and corporations that are raping the public.Choose local communities over corporations. What in the hell will be left when there are no localBig Island farmers, homeowners, renters, organizations, businesses, or individuals left? Is Gaza-style extermination the plan? That’s what this sounds like. Effective local community engagementand management are crucial for the success and “sustainability" of any initiative, as it helps ensurethat diverse perspectives and interests are considered.
Unelected officials making decisions that affect the general public are NOT ANOPTION! Abolish all thoughts of The OSCER Department mentioned on page 188, 40.8.
It would seem to me that while the local government has been levying taxes on farmers and otherresidents, while allowing billionaires to buy up all the affordable housing, the move to changezoning from residential to recreational is designed to collapse property values so they can bebought up for pennies on the dollar. Is that correct? If not, please explain. It breaks the AlohaSpirit law § 5-7.5. To reduce someone's property value is not okay. This must be made ponoagain.
There is a huge section on climate change and things that will be affected. This needs to be furtherresearched. There are over 1900 credentialed scientist that say there is no climate danger. Here isthe 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 GoodMorning America and the Founder of the Weather Channel has gone on CNN and other mediaoutlets stating, "There is no climate danger". He explain the reason for this narrative is theinvestors, in renewable energy, want to make these changes.
Hilo is 22% of the island, but somehow does not have a Community Development Plan. Thisdemonstrates the Mal-intent of this entire initiative on its face. Do better.
1.13 under "Increase the biodiversity and resilience of native habitats" reads, "Incentivize privateland 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 plan referring too becauseit's not the locals? "Pursue the acquisition of lands" does this say they are going to pursing takingpeople's private property? Again with "protection of natural resources". This plan should befocused on people growing more food and it is doing the exact opposite!
We need to turn land into Ag Villages and grow more food, not nebulous “conservation"! SteveShropshire, a resident 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.pdf Papaikou SitePlan: 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 cansee it in the pdf below:PartOne: https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_0a1d5be8f1d140069415f7b691725786.pdfPart Two: https://86fc0cbd-8207-4076-85fa-5a62e4e933b4.usrfiles.com/ugd/86fc0c_ecc498ba192d4a7689ebf31c3681c2ec.pdfHere is a longer revised version of the plan from locals: https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_b34739e4c99c461685de4c0207bf286e.pdfThe way this plan is written is very far from what will support our island. Try again.Thank you,
Adrienne Hew