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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-22 April LeeFrom: Sophia"s Mom To: LPCtestimonv; WPCtestimonv Subject: Please consider my testimony on The Hawaii General Plan Date: Friday, November 22, 2024 12:02:42 PM Aloha Honorable Planning Commissioners of Hawai'i County Director Kern, Regarding the General Plan and cultural resources you focused on today, many cannot be obtained as objectives with collaboration and partnerships. They must have a foundation of trust and commitments of financial support which will not happen unless we manage our citizens money by disclosing audited, financial reports to the citizens, whose money the administration of this county is responsible for. This is the adoption of a measure that will incentivize the participation of the most important resource, being the people of Hawaii nei, including our neglected indigenous Hawaiian people! With mandatory disclosure, including all income, all paid employees, names of contractors and amounts paid for services, work, any consulting costs for the County; including all capital projects and utilities; i.e., our cost of solid waste services, we will not be aware nor be able to evaluate how effective the General Plan can be. When this is mandated and we then mandate money for the restoration, preservation and maintenance of sacred places and educational opportunities to learn about our Hawaiian culture and its significance, this will be the usual rhetoric with no implementation. I agree the today's presentation was impressive but I didn't see any Hawaiian people involved. So even regarding this presentation, your objective is not being met in my opinion. Regarding the General Plan and cultural resources, you know these cannot be obtained as objectives with collaboration and partnerships, because they must have a foundation of trust and commitments of financial support which will not happen unless we manage our citizens money by disclosing audited, financial reports to the citizens, whose money the administration of this county is responsible for. This is the adoption of a measure that will incentivize the participation of our true resource which is the people of Hawaii nei, including our neglected indigenous Hawai'ian people! Without Geo engineered weather, which is visually observable by anyone with fairly good eyesight and an open mind, it has been scientifically challenged. The question of whether climate change is real, or more propaganda in the well- financed plan of the WEF, World Economic Forum, to create a Geo -Engineering is so questionable, we DO NOT WANT TO place our children's future on disinformation. It could be so much the indoctrination to commit the crime of stealing our land, our rights and our resources as we've seen in 3rd world countries already! I agree with the native born Hilo, Leslie, and others that have already testified that the CDP needs to be completed for a very important area of our island Hilo and that all emergency plans need to have organized interaction with the civil defense, which is not happening now under this governor. I helped form the Waikoloa Village CDP, ever working mo hours on the logistics committee to found it. We need to have the inclusion of amateur Ham radio operators in The General Plan. This would've made a huge difference in the disaster that occurred in Lahaina Maui. We need to make, as our priority over all these sections, our safety first until all hazards for various areas of our island are covered within the plan have been carefully laid out and financed in the plan with the accounting needed to quell objections. The Plan needs to do delineate the repair of these bridges that are vital and have been not repaired since they were damaged long time ago. We need to make sure that areas that landslide as soon as the rain becomes .6"/hour need to be solved. We have an area at I'ole between Kapa'au and Hawi that does this. We also have our entry into the emergency shelter for an entire North Kohala area line with albezia (sic?) trees. Why in the world would we allow these things to grow the 20-25 feet when we know they will prevent access to our main emergency shelter in the earthquake that's coming someday ? We must protect the people first these are the most important issues and as Brenda Ford mentioned, we cannot frack a rock which requires its structure in order to produce those lenses of drinkable water. Mahalo for your kokua, April April Lee PO Box 190705 Hawi, HI 96719 Sent with Proton Mail secure email.