Purchase of ‘Fissure 8’ ?

[kalakoa]

It is now obvious that our one size fits all policies do not serve us as well as we would hope.

Actually that problem has been obvious for at least 50 years, but the people running the show have no interest in making land-use policies more equitable. I'm waiting for the side effects to catch up, in hopes that we will be forced into better decisions.

Case in point: County's goals of "sustainability" and "affordable housing" ... which aren't really possible due to limitations imposed by the almighty County Code and the sacred Community Development Plans.

[Obie]

"Removing development rights is an unconstitutional "taking" for which County could expect to be sued."
1960 Tsunami
Shinmachi town was totally destroyed. Shinmachi was never rebuilt. A portion of Wailoa State Park is now located where Shinmachi once thrived, and much of Hilo’s bayfront is now grass-filled park space.
Precedent would be in play.

They also tore down all the houses in part of Keakaha to build the airport.

[kalakoa]

1960 Tsunami

Except that Leilani wasn't completely destroyed. Meanwhile, County is rebuilding roads and planning a new library despite the "risk" and "danger". Clearly our largest industry is "disaster recovery", and the State is helping keep it that way by maintaining control of Banyan Drive so they can make sure it stays shabby.

[Obie]

"Except that Leilani wasn't completely destroyed."

The County can stop issuing building permits anytime they have the fortitude to do that.

The Library is going to be in lava zone 2.

[kalakoa]

County "could" do lots of things if they had "fortitude".

Here in the real world, people are forced to make plans based on the reality we have.

Libraries are a wasted effort -- keeping books against the humidity is expensive. What we really need are meeting places and ubiquitous fiber broadband.