2024-11-21 Moku Loa Hawaii Island Sierra Club Testimony (1)

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From: otano1<12Cslomail.com on behalf of Moku Loa Hawaii Island Sierra Club To: LPCtestimonv Date: Thursday,November 21,2024 9:30:31 AM Attachments: GP2040.Aua. 2019 draft.Public Access thru Cultural&Historic Preservation.odf Scenario Plannina -Trend Scenario Land Use Allocation Technical Report-Placeways(2016).odf Technical Methodoloav for General Plan Land Use(2020-24).8-23-24.odf Aloha Madame Chair and members of the Commission, Mahalo nui loa for your volunteer service to our community on one of the most important, consequential boards and commission in our county. Kala mai for not providing this testimony earlier. HIG asks that the Commission determine the manner in which it will conduct its review and communicate that to the general public so that testimony can be prepared prior to future meetings. For instance, will it be by section? The Commissioners have not doubt gone online to review the draft GP2045, then we all now have had a shared experience of attempting to compare it to the current General Plan. For a year now,public testimony has consistently stated that it is an impossible task to compare draft GP2045 to the current GP. because GP2045 is a gut-and-replacement of the current GP. Also,placing the GP2045 online in two different software platforms has disenfranchised a large number of the general public who have made sincere efforts to make informed comments, but are technologically-challenged. As a general statement, the draft GP2045 does not contain sufficient imperative and directive language to provide reasonable assurance that it will be implemented. For instance, the Section 3-15 of the county Charter states, in part, "The general plan shall contain a statement of development objectives, standards and principles with respect to the most desirable use of land within the county..." This is because Standards are the "legs" upon which the plan stand. Standards are essential to the implementation of any plan's objectives,policies, and actions. There are additional documents that are relevant to the draft General Plan that were not provided to the Commission in its board packet. . Documents attached to this e-mail: • Draft General Plan 2040,pages 102-125 • Trend Scenario and Land Use Allocation Technical Report • Technical Methodology for General Plan Land Use (2020-2024) • Scenic Resources Inventory and Mapping Project, Scenic Resource Protection Programs and Strategies(attached in follow-up e-mail testimony) The most important of the documents not provided to the Commission is the draft General Plan 2040 that was released in August 2019 by then-Planning Director Michael Yee.