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From: Akuakea To: W PCtesti mono Subject: General plan testimony 03/10/25. Kevin Hill Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 11:32:20 AM 03/10/25 Appreciating Learned that many feel that they are limited by current statutes, codes and ordinances: 1. The timing of process dictated to 150 days. 1. Reference to 2015 state adopted UN sustainable development goals. Regarding climate change and many others. Question: If not restricted by a statute code or ordinance about any portion of this plan what would you do? Have to learn to walk without our hobbles. Many of our s/c/o.... Are very good and helpful. Occasionally they prevent people from doing what is self evident and right. This is to a significant degree our social compact as people. It's why people are passionate. Walking away from a meeting last week I was convinced that largely we want the same things. A place we want to live that honors property rights, freedoms, constitutional enumerated principals (1840 or 1791). And our freedom to solve our own problems. A place we can afford to live. Additionally, adding to the voluminous amount of testimony to process my comments about process. 1. I learned that prior to 2019 there was enormous public testimony and involvement in this plan. However. I believe these meetings would have been more productive and honoring if there had been opportunity for interaction. 2. Time limits were frustrating many times.... Interaction of course takes more time but it helps with clarity. 3. There has been a TON of redundancy. I believe much of it has been unnecessary. People repeat themselves when they feel strongly and/or believe they stand on truth but don't feel not just heard but listened to and appropriate truthful and honorable action taken. 4. Similarly, involvement in conversations after public testimony time closed would have helped. I know hours of commitment have gone into this by volunteers. My being here till noon each day of public testimony is costly... let alone the afternoon which leads to my next point 5. With respect to volunteers and their time, being during work hours is automatically limiting. Obviously. 6. Finally - I believe meetings would have been even better attended had they been at appropriate times and if they had been better informed. Simply putting this in with the property tax notices would have virtually guaranteed that the only relevant STAKEHOLDERS would have been informed and given a voice in their future.