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`Jon Barlow Sep 27 2024 at 12:27AM on page 65
Content Suggestion
Tourism and visitors tend to be the problem as they trample coral reefs, harass marine life, collect natural souvenirs and disrupt sacred sites.
`Jon Barlow Sep 27 2024 at 12:18AM on page 64
Question
Power Alternative LLC has various innovations to bring to market that will eliminate fuel expenditure; as well as various machines and equipment for manufacturing products/materials. It's a matter of acquiring the funds needed to finance change, and avert persecution by oil-based policy, corporate regulations and HEI.
`Jon Barlow Sep 27 2024 at 12:11AM on page 64
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Visitors Industry/Tourism is no longer a contributor to local economy, merely a factor for our existence. For wages can barely pay for modern living and lifestyle. Most all money/revenues generated is disbursed to out-of-state owners of hotels, fuel, materials, produce; visitors spend money on jets or cruise, tour services to get here.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:54PM on page 64
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Challenging!? Hawai'i has a variety of energy sources to select from...it's merely a matter of using the proper technology to harness energy for whatever markets demand and only if HEI allows/approves.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:48PM on page 64
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Man cannot produce 'energy' again "Energy cannot be made (produced), nor destroyed (exhausted)...it only changes form.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:44PM on page 63
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Cost of Modern Lifestyle. or Expense of Modernization, or even Cost for Creature Comforts would be better title.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:38PM on page 59
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The entire section of 'Energy and Electricity' needs to be rewritten. 1st!! Section title should be 'Power and Electricity'.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:33PM on page 59
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This is an improper reference to data. Hawai'i uses less electricity due to hospitable weather conditions that typically would not require power. It's due to overpriced cost for 'electricity'...as HEI has to pay shareholders a 'dividend' and consumers who are spoiled by HVAC; over use of Reefer/Fridge.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:23PM on page 59
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inefficiency of 'fuel' use, not energy.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:21PM on page 59
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'Power' production. Power and Energy are not the same.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:18PM on page 59
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Clarify: 'power' production based on conventional power generators and diesel electric generation results in emissions. Using electricity does not create emissions.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 11:13PM on page 3
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Instead of taking the generic General Plan that was shopped to Hawaii's Planning Department by an outside agency that does not live on the Big Island, this General Plan Draft should be written by those who live here and have internal knowledge of our way of life here and the desires of the people. This current draft does not create a vision for growth and expansion. It only hinders our way of life and is trying to confine all of the residents into a clustered area and strips our rights to steward the land and natural resources ourselves that are outside of the clustered allowance. I guarantee that the majority of those who live on the Big Island would rather have the ability to expand and grow and prosper and not live like confined worker bees in small spaces. The General Plan Draft should reflect that and have small private land owners who live on island be at the forefront of consideration for the benefits of this plan.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 11:04PM on page 44
Content Suggestion
Ocean Resources?? Might plans consider managing to extract ocean plastics & debris (North Pacific Garbage Patch) contributing to markets attempt to achieve 'Net Zero'. Aside the profitability of recycling the plastics & debris, is the preventative measures to protect, or rather safeguard dolphins, whales, turtles from entanglement or birds, fish from consuming particles.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 11:03PM on page 4
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The way this is written suggests the acquisition of Agricultural Lands by the State to create a food source for all. This is exactly the type of language for a socialist / communist planned takeover of prime agriculture lands to be taken away from current property owners who steward their own land in the name of the greater good. This never works. Those who do not own the land will never love the land like the landowners do. The workers on these lands would not care for the land as the landowner would. The way it is written to put workforce housing on the land suggests that the plan is to create worker bees who live and die working on land that they do not own so that the government can benefit and control the food and prime agriculture lands. The agriculture industry and economy would be more successful if the product was produced by farmers who love the land and steward it themselves without government control and restrictions.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 11:01PM on page 4
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Parents would like to keep our school aged children safe. It is careless to plan for schools to be the location of community public libraries and parks. This would allow catastrophic opportunities for child predators. Our children would not be safe if anyone from the public was allowed to come onto a school campus to use it for public use. We want our school campuses to be for school aged children only. It would be too costly to re-locate the current libraries and parks also. There is nothing wrong with having community public libraries and parks that are not in the same zone as a school! We want our General Plan to have our Keiki's best interests in mind and not follow the general cookie cutter plan that is being shopped around to every planning department in the world. Every community is not the same. We have different needs and this idea of making school campuses open to the public for the relocation of libraries and parks does not fit our specific community here on the Big Island.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 10:54PM on page 4
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Private catchment tanks on private lands should remain private and used as seen fit by the private land owners. The government should have no right to limit the use or infrastructure of the private catchment tanks that are intended for the use by the private land owner. Any regulation that takes away private property ownership rights to their own assets on their own land is socialism / communism in nature and that is not how we want to be governed or see our General Plan for our county.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 10:49PM on page 4
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We do not need to spend tax money on mass surveillance and a camera on every street corner, which is where this leads.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 10:46PM on page 3
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Any new tax such as a tax on miles driven should be voted on by the public. It is unconstitutional to amend a tax code to penalize anyone who is driving more than another without a vote. As the roads are paid for now, not everyone contributes the same amount of taxes that pays for these roads. Perhaps someone who travels a further distance is contributing to the economy more than one who does not work and stays home and therefore pays more of the share of taxes for use of the road? Should we not allow people to use the road at all unless they contribute a certain amount of taxes for the expense of maintaining the roads? That would be ridiculous and so is the tax on miles driven. It is un-equitable. It is not fair and it penalizes those who have specific needs to travel further distances. The Big Island is unique in that it is spread out and specific opportunities require a further distance to travel.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 10:34PM on page 3
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The way this is written suggests the acquisition of Agricultural Lands by the State to create a food source for all. This is exactly the type of language for a socialist / communist planned takeover of prime agriculture lands to be taken away from current property owners who steward their own land in the name of the greater good. This never works. Those who do not own the land will never love the land like the landowners do. The workers on these lands would not care for the land as the landowner would. The way it is written to put workforce housing on the land suggests that the plan is to create worker bees who live and die working on land that they do not own so that the government can benefit and control the food and prime agriculture lands. The agriculture industry and economy would be more successful if the product was produced by farmers who love the land and steward it themselves without government control and restrictions.
Amanda Sep 26 2024 at 10:25PM on page 3
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Hawaii County is unique in that it's people are all rural minded people. Mostly small land owners and small farmers live in the areas that this General Plan wants to limit and restrict. This General Plan is the open door for socialism / communism that restricts private property rights and reduces the ability to thrive and be self sufficient. The people of the Big Island of Hawaii love living here because it is not condensed like Honolulu and there is opportunity for expansion and growth outside of the urban city center. This Draft of the General Plan wasn't even written by those who live here. This is the cookie cutter General Plan that gets shopped around to every city and it does not tailor to us specifically. When more land is put into conservation and "protected" that means that an outside organization manages it and we the people lose access to those resources when constitutionally WE THE PEOPLE are the rightful owners and protectors of our lands and resources. We do not want to be condensed into Urban City Centers and not allowed to steward our own land in the areas outside of "Urban". The people who live on the Big Island would rather be country folk and not be corralled into one area that is controlled and not allow for expansion outside of the controlled area.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 9:35PM on page 29
Question
Confusing!! If there's no authority to change existing subdivisions or zoning...Why are there meetings to set long term goals/objectives?
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 9:28PM on page 29
Question
Strange!? Accord to timeline; If Hawai'i statehood was in Aug. '59...How/why was there studies for General Plans initiated about '57? How could 'A Plan for Kona' be completed in '60, then for 'Metropolitan area of Hilo' was completed in '61? Barely 2yrs after statehood State Land Use Law was adopted...so apparently, most all plans for Hawai'i were drafted by foreign gov. (under occupation).
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 9:01PM on page 29
Question
So does this mean the 'General Plan' doesn't include Hilo & Ka'u Districts?
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 8:54PM on page 30
Question
Dept Planning & Economic Development didn't need to change to DBEDT, as tourism is reason why our economy is in dire straights. Did the name change after Oil Embargo lifted, in '74?
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 7:41PM on page 16
Content Suggestion
'Net Zero' is not only about the GHG, it also refers to reducing plastics, glass etc. going into landfills and ocean, and removing plastics, glass, etc. that already exists. It's called achieving Circularity or otherwise creating a Circular Economy.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 6:31PM on page 16
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Better factor in '(suspended) trains' to general plan of developing/promoting multimodal transportation for future 'masses' while there is time and space for implementation.
in reply to Colin Keola Childs's comment
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 6:13PM on page 15
Content Suggestion
What about the new concept of 'printing' homes and there's sprayed 'ferro-cement or gunite'?
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 5:52PM on page 12
Grammar/Typo
Honestly, until we as a species that requires 'energies' to meet the demands of markets...can actually apply nuclear energy safely, and without impact of handling 'nuclear waste'. "Non-nuclear" is better.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 5:16PM on page 13
Grammar/Typo
Delete 'Energy'- Sustainability Standard should be whatever it takes to operate, function to live...ideally that is green, clean and not impact to environment, people (social), ethical (lawful) and safe.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 5:06PM on page 12
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This term for 'Energy' must be changed to 'Power (Electric)' Producer...and all related reference to either 'power' or 'electricity' for basic definition of 'Energy' is that it's either 'potential' or 'kinetic'. FYI: Energy can neither be made (imported), or destroyed (exhausted) it only changes form.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 4:50PM on page 12
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An 'EcoIndustrial Park' is not limited to community/network of firms that exchange or make use of each others byproducts, but the general cooperation (kokua) of people/businesses benefiting from applying or the application of green, clean tech to save energy, thus deferring energy expense into saving which in turn enhance profitability of their operation/productivity using materials available natural, recycled (closed-loop) or otherwise which also has little, or no impact on environment and/or market; little or no carbon/toxic emission, reduce carbon footprint.
`Jon Barlow Sep 26 2024 at 4:23PM on page 2
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When modern households and businesses are struggling to maintain operations that are energized...Why isn't there a Commission/Office of Energy?
Mary Mowdy Sep 26 2024 at 2:22PM on page 183
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We need a zoning category that would allow for a multi-dwelling ohana (not just 2 dwellings). A mini/modern-day ahupua'a or ohana co-op, if you will, where each family unit within an ohana can have their own permitted dwelling, water meter, electricity, separate septic, and most importantly, separate legal deed so that each family has a legal exit strategy if needed. Sale of that family's parcel could be bought by the ahupua'a (co-op) and held until such time a new buyer wishes to purchase that parcel. 2.5 to 5 acres of currently unused ag land (or unused urban land) could support 5 families and allow space for growing food, an ohana gathering space, space for children to play. This concept would encourage aging in place for the kupuna, possibly ohana childcare and other kinds of intra-family support eased by the proximity of the dwellings (no driving required.) This ohana co-op could have an open but roofed central gathering place covered with solar panels to supply each house with electricity and guttering on each dwelling to catch rainwater for gardens and trees if needed. Safe place for children to play, ease of gathering, reduction in need for social services, easy access to each house, with necessary infrastructure in place to properly support this endeavor. This also reduces some of the planned warehousing of people that it appears some of document's plans are indicating.
Kendra Bruno Sep 25 2024 at 11:18PM on page 215
Content Suggestion
The 2045 General Plan relies on further implementation actions, such as zoning and budget ordinances, to move Hawai’I Island in the direction of stated goals. Priority projects need to be added to HDOT’s Regional Long-range Surface Transportation Plan (LRTP) to be eligible for federal and State highway funding. Projects established in the General Plan as a priority for the protection of community health and safety should be added to the LRTP to ensure their eligibility for State and federal transportation funding.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
Kendra Bruno Sep 25 2024 at 11:05PM on page 81
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Community Response:
Waikoloa Village is defined as a high-risk area for wildfires but has only main evacuation route. While the population is expected to more than double by the year 2045, there are no specific plans to add a second primary arterial road to aid the evacuation of the population growth on the north side of the village. Of the seven proposed expansion and new roads in the Waikoloa area on Map, priority needs to be given to the one on the northern side of Paniolo Avenue down to the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway. Saving lives must have precedence over convenience, traffic congestion, and reducing travel times when deciding the priority of highway projects. It makes no sense to continue to add housing for hundreds of families with children in a location where the fire risk is the highest in the state without assuring safe access during an evacuation. Without an additional road, Waikoloa Village will become the next Lahaina.
Waikoloa Village is defined as a high-risk area for wildfires but has only main evacuation route. While the population is expected to more than double by the year 2045, there are no specific plans to add a second primary arterial road to aid the evacuation of the population growth on the north side of the village. Of the seven proposed expansion and new roads in the Waikoloa area on Map, priority needs to be given to the one on the northern side of Paniolo Avenue down to the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway. Saving lives must have precedence over convenience, traffic congestion, and reducing travel times when deciding the priority of highway projects. It makes no sense to continue to add housing for hundreds of families with children in a location where the fire risk is the highest in the state without assuring safe access during an evacuation. Without an additional road, Waikoloa Village will become the next Lahaina.
Kendra Bruno Sep 25 2024 at 10:57PM on page 28
Content Suggestion
The General Plan shows seven highway projects in the Waikoloa area, six more than could be completed with public resources likely to be available by 2045.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
Alexandra Hustace Sep 25 2024 at 10:22PM on page 226
Content Suggestion
The 2045 General Plan relies on further implementation actions, such as zoning and budget ordinances, to move Hawai’I Island in the direction of stated goals. Priority projects need to be added to HDOT’s Regional Long-range Surface Transportation Plan (LRTP) to be eligible for federal and State highway funding. Projects established in the General Plan as a priority for the protection of community health and safety should be added to the LRTP to ensure their eligibility for State and federal transportation funding.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
Alexandra Hustace Sep 25 2024 at 10:16PM on page 108
Content Suggestion
Waikoloa Village is defined as a high-risk area for wildfires but has only main evacuation route. While the population is expected to more than double by the year 2045, there are no specific plans to add a second primary arterial road to aid the evacuation of the population growth on the north side of the village. Of the seven proposed expansion and new roads in the Waikoloa area on Map, priority needs to be given to the one on the northern side of Paniolo Avenue down to the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway. Saving lives must have precedence over convenience, traffic congestion, and reducing travel times when deciding the priority of highway projects. It makes no sense to continue to add housing for hundreds of families with children in a location where the fire risk is the highest in the state without assuring safe access during an evacuation. Without an additional road, Waikoloa Village will become the next Lahaina.
Alexandra Hustace Sep 25 2024 at 10:08PM on page 35
Content Suggestion
The General Plan shows seven highway projects in the Waikoloa area, six more than could be completed with public resources likely to be available by 2045.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
Nana Kawasaki-Jones Sep 25 2024 at 5:38PM on page 27
Content Suggestion
On Aug 21, 2021 Waikoloa residents were instructed to evacuate due to a quickly approaching wildfire. Cars were backed up on the main road as far as I could see while the traffic inched along painfully slow down the one road out of the Village. It was a terrifying, frustrating experience. A friend who works for the Florida Division of Emergency Management called to check on me because she had just attended a training highlighting Waikoloa Village as a case study in lacking community emergency mitigation. Waikoloa needs another fully paved emergency evacuation route for future safety of it's residents as soon as possible. I request that the Kamakoa Drive extension to Queen Ka`ahumanu Highway be the number one priority in the General Plan.
Ethierri Avati Sep 25 2024 at 1:17AM on page 27
Question
We would like to know where we can find any documents, plans, projects or proposals that can show that a 'final draft' such as this one, made available to us, the 'general public', under the guise of inclusion seeking our input, has ever resulted in an actual revision or modification within the final instrument?
Will anything we write, ask or suggest within this 'working copy' ever even be read, reviewed, discussed, considered and implemented?
Or is this merely a formality to appease us by providing us with the 'illusion' that community collaboration is a part of the equation?
Because thousands of us from around the World, locals, experts, professionals, activists, warriors, lawyers invested a significant amount of time and energy attempting to participate in the detrimental decisions being made by 'agencies' over in Lahaina to no avail.
The local, state and governmental over reach has become a direct threat to all of us, tens of millions of dollars are allegedly being 'spent' on this island to address the housing crisis, homelessness, addiction and yet, none of us see where ANY of those millions are going except to building contractors who drag housing projects out for years?!
We have no 'climate emergency' I just went back to 1949 and reviewed the last 75 years of climate data for Hilo. We are all about at our wits end.
Will anything we write, ask or suggest within this 'working copy' ever even be read, reviewed, discussed, considered and implemented?
Or is this merely a formality to appease us by providing us with the 'illusion' that community collaboration is a part of the equation?
Because thousands of us from around the World, locals, experts, professionals, activists, warriors, lawyers invested a significant amount of time and energy attempting to participate in the detrimental decisions being made by 'agencies' over in Lahaina to no avail.
The local, state and governmental over reach has become a direct threat to all of us, tens of millions of dollars are allegedly being 'spent' on this island to address the housing crisis, homelessness, addiction and yet, none of us see where ANY of those millions are going except to building contractors who drag housing projects out for years?!
We have no 'climate emergency' I just went back to 1949 and reviewed the last 75 years of climate data for Hilo. We are all about at our wits end.
Ethierri Avati Sep 24 2024 at 11:47PM on page 26
Content Suggestion
Food security should be the number one priority of any 'plan' implemented by any agency making decisions for all of us. The definition of 'sustainability' is OUR ABILITY to survive and maintain continuity independently.
Alethea Lai Sep 24 2024 at 2:49PM on page 74
Waikoloa Village is defined as a high-risk area for wildfires but has only main evacuation route. While the population is expected to more than double by the year 2045, there are no specific plans to add a second primary arterial road to aid the evacuation of the population growth on the north side of the village. Of the seven proposed expansion and new roads in the Waikoloa area on Map, priority needs to be given to the one on the northern side of Paniolo Avenue down to the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway. Saving lives must have precedence over convenience, traffic congestion, and reducing travel times when deciding the priority of highway projects. It makes no sense to continue to add housing for hundreds of families with children in a location where the fire risk is the highest in the state without assuring safe access during an evacuation. Without an additional road, Waikoloa Village will become the next Lahaina.
Alethea Lai Sep 24 2024 at 2:48PM on page 28
Content Suggestion
The General Plan shows seven highway projects in the Waikoloa area, six more than could be completed with public resources likely to be available by 2045.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
The following objectives are described in the Plan:
32.h. Establish, map and maintain alternative and emergency evacuation routes in each high risk hazard area.
32.k. Develop and/or improve secondary access roads for those communities with only one means of ingress/egress.
32.20 Prioritize hazard mitigation projects in the CIP (Capital improvement plan).
Of the seven Waikoloa area Road projects, three could meet these objectives during emergencies: 1) upgrading to two lanes the Hulu emergency evacuation road, 2) extending Kamakoa Drive to connect with Queen K near Puako Road, and 3) extending Paniolo Drive north to connect with Kawaihae Road midway between Waimea and Queen K.
None of these three hazard mitigation projects are shown as a priority.
We ask that the Kamakoa Drive extension be prioritized as necessary to meet the immediate need for a second emergency access route to be completed within three years. This project should be prioritized because 1) most new development is planned for the north end of the Village near Kamakoa Gulch; 2) right-of-way for a two-lane arterial exists to the waste water treatment plant and the remaining portion of the extension is being donated by the landowners (35-40% of the cost); 3) the alignment is being graded and stabilized by the landowners for an emergency evacuation route (15-20% of cost), 4) the environmental and cultural studies are being drafted, and 5) no gulches need to be bridged. Public $ could make up the cost to complete the upgrade needed for an arterial road.
The other six road projects in the Plan should be prioritized in an action plan that identifies the most critical needs to be addressed first. Residents and stakeholders should be included in the decision-making process. Listing projects into short-term and long-term categories will provide a more comprehensive and effective action-oriented framework for advancing projects as resources become available.
in reply to Elizabeth Williamson's comment
James Hustace Sep 24 2024 at 9:35AM on page 26
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback to the General Plan. Your voice matters and this issue is very important to me. Since you mentioned me by name, I must note that I am not an elected official and have never held a elected role for public office. I hope to work with community members and with our County and State agencies to fund a second access road for Waikoloa Village. Mahalo nui.
Zaheva Knowles Sep 23 2024 at 6:09PM on page 280
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There are pre-contact house-sites and other significant archaeological sites in the areas current designated for low-density urban expansion along the stream side of Kawaihae Road just below Waiaka Bridge in Kamuela. This area is designated for development as part of the Department of Hawaiian Homelands Lalamilo Development. The State has removed the planned "by-pass" road through this area based on its awareness that these are lands with Hawaiian burials and archaeological sites in the area. THIS AREA SHOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED.
Jeff Sep 19 2024 at 8:57AM on page 14
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Jeff Sep 19 2024 at 8:56AM on page 8
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Ag Based Commercial Ops also include roadside stands, food establishments and food hubs
Kate Strickland Sep 18 2024 at 7:38PM on page 215
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The 2045 General Plan relies on further implementation actions, such as zoning and budget ordinances, to move Hawai’I Island in the direction of stated goals. Priority projects need to be added to HDOT’s Regional Long-range Surface Transportation Plan (LRTP) to be eligible for federal and State highway funding. Projects established in the General Plan as a priority for the protection of community health and safety should be added to the LRTP to ensure their eligibility for State and federal transportation funding.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
The County should adopt a policy requiring that approval of new developments should be contingent upon the obligation of developers to contribute their prorata share towards infrastructure, especially with regards to access roads and wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of the community.
Kate Strickland Sep 18 2024 at 7:38PM on page 81
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Waikoloa Village is defined as a high-risk area for wildfires but has only main evacuation route. While the population is expected to more than double by the year 2045, there are no specific plans to add a second primary arterial road to aid the evacuation of the population growth on the north side of the village. Of the seven proposed expansion and new roads in the Waikoloa area on Map, priority needs to be given to the one on the northern side of Paniolo Avenue down to the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway. Saving lives must have precedence over convenience, traffic congestion, and reducing travel times when deciding the priority of highway projects. It makes no sense to continue to add housing for hundreds of families with children in a location where the fire risk is the highest in the state without assuring safe access during an evacuation. Without an additional road, Waikoloa Village will become the next Lahaina.
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