the BIG ISLAND NEEDS YOUR VOICE

Your Voice Matters

Calendar Links Below For Upcoming Meetings That You CAN Get Your Voice Heard At

The government does not teach us how to voice ourselves in the system. I'm learning, too. If you have corrections or suggestions, please let me know. Email bigislandtalk@gmail.com Mahalo, Rebecca Melendez

We are in the comment period for the Big Island's 2045 General Plan. Please email your comments about the General Plan to both of these email addresses: 

WPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov,

LPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov

Here is the link to the General Plan that starts on page 27 after all their intros   https://www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/308136/638597487229830000.

Here is their New Map link of Big Island's Future if no one stands up and comments. They are changing a lot of Land Titles!   https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f073ef273f054cea97b12bf658def023/page/Land-Use/ 

Their above map link can be challenging to use and you can go into the Hawai'i Planning Office or Call them to see if they are trying to change YOUR Land Title in their General Plan because it will affect YOUR land forever! https://www.planning.hawaiicounty.gov/general-plan-community-planning/gp

This site has a lot of different views on the General Plan and you can easily view the upcoming meetings you can attend and/or email your comments to in the next few months if you scroll down this page because YOUR COMMENTS MATTER AND ARE NEEDED TO HELP BIG ISLAND'S FUTURE!   https://www.standtogetherhawaii.com/action

Watch Maka's music video that says it all, I and Aina Not For Sale. 

Check these calendars often for upcoming meetings.

Share meeting info on my Facebook page Big Island Support because I might miss the meeting you see, mahalo.

To view some meetings info you will have to click on calendar link and then click on Agenda.
 Big Island 1 - County Planning Meeting Calendar.
 Big Island 2 - Boards and Commisions Calendar Meetings. 
Big Island 3 - County Calendar  Meetings

Easy How To Voice Yourself Instructions

When you see an upcoming meeting, click on the links to view what the meeting will be about and sometimes you will see Agenda, that's where you need to click to view the meeting, and you might have to click on Agenda on the second page as well.

You can write your email testimony before the meeting deadline, register to speak on their zoom meeting link before their deadline, or show up in person the day and time at the meeting's location.

Showing up via zoom or in person is great, if you can make it and easy instructions on how to do these three are on the first page of the meeting info.

If you register to be on zoom you can choose if you want to speak at the start of the meeting or at the time the item you want to speak on is scheduled.

If you choose to speak on zoom at the start of the meeting it usually takes under an hour to be able to speak via zoom and then you can leave because your voice was heard.

After you register for a zoom meeting, you'll get an email within a day or two with the zoom link to use to join the meeting. Be sure to save this link because you will click on this link at the start of the meetings day and time to join the meeting on your cellphone or computer via zoom.

Set your alarm so you don't forget the meetings day and time to join via zoom. 

Showing up in person at the meetings time and location is great, if you can make it. They usually will take your testimony at the start of the meeting and you'll be heard within the hour, usually. You can leave right after because your voice was heard, and giving an email testimony is great too.

Just get your voice heard because Your Voice Matters!

There are many approved future developments for affordable housing and many luxury homes. 

Is Hawai'i planning and county council looking into Big Island resources to know if the island has the resources for even more developments? 

Please read this petition about Big Island Resources https://www.change.org/p/help-prioritize-big-island-developments-to-keep-island-s-resources-safe-for-all 

Follow me on Facebook because I post about meetings when I can and if you know of a meeting please tag my page   https://www.facebook.com/BigIslandSupport/

Mahalo! :) 

Click here to go to Get on Meetings Email Lists page above.