HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-09-02 PL-REZ-2025-000083 Opposition Testimony from Diane Ware From: Diane Ware
To: WPCtestimonv
Subject: Item#7 William Morris(PL-REZ-2025-000083),in opposition to zoning change
Date: Tuesday,September 2,2025 9:18:53 AM
Attachments: cidf mf01ov7i0.pno
Dear Respected Windward Planning Commissioners,
My name is Diane Ware and I've lived in Volcano for 35 years. Ever since I moved here I
have supported preservation of this precious cultural and natural ecosystem first by advocating
for the VCA Volcano Long Range Plan, then as a working group member of the PCDP
Malama I Ka `Aina section and now once again with the VCA Forest Overlay Committee to
implement the forest overlay district as proposed in the PCDP. The Volcano Long Range Plan
2015 states in its conclusion"Volcano is no ordinary place. The Volcano environment is
fragile and unstable." Since that was written ROD has attacked our `ohi'a forest as well as
drought and continued development and land clearing. The VLRP further states "We can't
control the volcanoes or the weather but we can control our imprint on the land and our
community ". This is the basis of our community goals and actions.
For those of us living in Volcano Village,zoning helps us thoughtfully grow our community in a way that
respects and preserves our remaining native forest—a big part of what makes Volcano special in Hawaii
nei.The PCDP and Volcano Long Range Plan specifically advocates designating the Volcano area as a
Biosphere Reserve Buffer or Transition Zone with the possibility of enacting a special overlay district.The
glossary of the 2045 GP Draft 2 states: "Biosphere Reserve Buffer Zone(BRBZ) is enacted as an overlay
district for Volcano area to guide development within the region's native forest through regulatory
measures and economic incentives."
The PCDP Managing Growth section includes under Actions and Implementation "Denying zone changes for
commercial or light industrial use on sites that are not within designated village/town centers."The below
map from the GP 2045 draft shows the Morris property outside of Volcano Village Center. I base my
testimony upon this information.
We do as a community welcome resident oriented businesses such as healthcare, banking services,and
social services. We residents do not need another tourist restaurant which currently number 7.
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Mahalo for your service and Malama Pono,
Diane Ware
808-967-8642
P. O. Box 698
99-7815 Kapoha
Volcano HI 96785
From: Diane Ware
To: W PCtestimonv
Subject: Diane Ware Map in item#7 opposition testimony
Date: Tuesday,September 2,2025 9:25:39 AM
Attachments: cidf mfOlov7iO.ona
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808-967-8642
P.O.BOX 698
99-7815 Kapoha
Volcano HI 96785