09-08-2012, 06:35 AM
While you are paying all this attention to the D word in Puna Community Development Plan, you are totally ignoring the much more important C word. The plan is the result of 1,300 people inputting during the course of over 30 meetings, and then distilled by a Steering Committee of volunteer Puna activists. Politicians did not make the plan. Developers did not make the plan.
The plan deals with things like MANAGING GROWTH by creating village centers (there are localized groups working on the planning for these centers in Volcano, Mt. View, Pahoa and coastal Puna under the umbrella of the plan), land use patterns, agricultural development, public services, social services, parks, housing, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The MALAMA I KA AINA section deals with preservation and respect for natural and cultural resources such as cultural and historic sites, forest lands, unique geological features, scenic resources, drainage, aquifers and coastal water quality.
And the plan also deals with sustainable approaches to TRANSPORTATION to support the goals of the above two themes. The actions these themes address are mass transit and alternative travel modes, travel demand management and roadway connectivity and safety.
If you folks will read over the previous posts, you should realize that your expectations of the plan and its kuleana do not line up with what the plan is really all about. Once again, I urge you to read it and see for yourselves.
The plan deals with things like MANAGING GROWTH by creating village centers (there are localized groups working on the planning for these centers in Volcano, Mt. View, Pahoa and coastal Puna under the umbrella of the plan), land use patterns, agricultural development, public services, social services, parks, housing, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The MALAMA I KA AINA section deals with preservation and respect for natural and cultural resources such as cultural and historic sites, forest lands, unique geological features, scenic resources, drainage, aquifers and coastal water quality.
And the plan also deals with sustainable approaches to TRANSPORTATION to support the goals of the above two themes. The actions these themes address are mass transit and alternative travel modes, travel demand management and roadway connectivity and safety.
If you folks will read over the previous posts, you should realize that your expectations of the plan and its kuleana do not line up with what the plan is really all about. Once again, I urge you to read it and see for yourselves.