2024-11-24 Michelle Melendez - Question About Comments After Testimonies

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From: Michelle Melendez To: WPCtestimony; LPCtestimony Subject: General Plan: Question About Your Comments After Testimonies Date: Sunday, November 24, 2024 4:23:08 PM Aloha Commissioners, I heard that you changed "Stakeholders" to "Interested Parties". That was not the issue. Even though the word "Stakeholder" should be changed, the issue is the definition. It reads as if anyone in the entire world can influence the Big Island GP. That is the problem we have. Change the definition along with the name. It would be better to change it to "Local Communities". The definition could be: All local communities including homeowners, farmers, Big Island investors, renters, business owners. I sent you an email about this earlier with the complete definition. I'd be very grateful if you used that. Local Communities are who should have the most influence on our GP, not just anyone. Agenda 21 is not in the plan. We were talking about the fact that this GP 2045 is modeled like the UN Agenda 21 plan. This is not good. You will understand more if you watch Rosa Koire, who went around the nation speaking to County Councils. She was a 30 year director of transportation for the State of California and an expert witness on Eminent Domain. https://youtu.be/o8-bcAwc28s?si=inEsFE-ZYs2k86hk The video above will let you know why we are all very concerned about this plan. It would be greatly appreciated if you watched it. Even if it's only 10 minutes. Page 32: Environmental Protection should be changed to Environmental Stewardship. Protection implies more rules and regulations and "incentives" i.e. higher taxes if people don't comply. Not okay. We need to grow more food and be stewards of the land so Big Island is more self-sufficient and not reduce the use of available land to grow more food on. Here is an amazing Ag Village plan that should absolutely be in the plan: Ag Village to add to the General Plan: Papaikou Ag Village Objectives: https://www.standtogetherhawaii. com/_file s/ugd/86fc0c_2cb 1 cc6d604f4cdd971 ad40831 c745bc.pdf Papaikou Site Plan: https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_5e4cdb02efeb46a5ae949a3579aff00d.pdf Papaikou Development: https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/_files/ugd/86fc0c_c2af52c8b3c645b1 a6868a724eee8304.pdf Lastly, page 32 "Social & Cultural Equity" should change to "Thriving Communities". The word "Equity" opens the door to more rules and regulations. It means fairness. Who gets to decide what is fair?