A sample template you can follow for sending written testimony regarding your recommended changes to the Goals, Objectives, and Policies found in Chapter 2:

COMMENTS FROM
DATE:
NAME:
ADDRESS:

TO:PLANNING DIRECTOR SPENCE, GENERAL PLAN COMMITTEE CHAIR BAISA, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS
EMAIL ADDRESS TO: gp.committee@mauicounty.us, planning@mauicounty.gov

RE: MIP CHAPTER 2 HERITAGE RESOURCES

SAMPLE

PLEASE CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS AS YOU REVIEW THE CULTURAL RESOURCES POLICIES IN CHAPTER 2 OF THE DRAFT MIP.

HERITAGE RESOURCE POLICIES:

MATRIX ITEM 35: RECOMMENDED …PLANNING COMMITTEE VERSION BELOW

35. REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN HERITAGE AREAS, AS IDENTIFIED IN MAP 2-2, TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE CRITICAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE AREAS NATURAL, CULTURAL , SCENIC AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES. (PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION)

WHY? CURRENT PLANNING DIRECTORS VERSION BELOW DESCRIBES A DIFFERENT CONCEPT. IT CONCERNS ITSELF WITH SUPPORT FOR “PLANNING AND REGULATORY MECHANISM” THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EVER BE CREATED TO PROTECT HERITAGE RESOURCES, BUT DOES NOT SPECIFY THAT CULTURAL RESOURCES MUST BE PROTECT, OR THAT WE USE THE LAWS WE HAVE.

‘”SUPPORT THE UPDATE OF EXISTING PLANNING AND REGULATORY MECHANISMS TO PROTECT THE NATURAL, CULTURAL, SCENIC AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES, WITHIN THE HERITAGE RESOURCE AREAS AS DEFINED IN MAP 2-2. ” (PLANNING DIRECTOR 2011)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION,

NAME: