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%.......onservauc <br />i1d1A-a�4�`�k �Ikk-AVi Vcl%,iV1Y <br />81-948 Mena`Olhana Loop #101 $ Kealakekua, HI 96750 $ (808) 339-9042 <br />July 9, 2024 <br />Mr. Zendo Kern <br />Planning Director <br />Mr. Jeffrey Darrow <br />Planning Deputy Director <br />Mr. Steve Pause, P.E. <br />Director of Public Works <br />Maxine Cutler <br />Property Management Technician <br />County of Hawaii <br />Planning Department <br />Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, Hilo, HI 96720 <br />74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. E, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br />Property Management Division <br />25 Aupuni Street Suite #1101 <br />TMKs: (3) 7-6-021:016 & 017 <br />Aloha Mr. Kern, Mr. Darrow, Mr. Pause, and Ms. Cutler: <br />RCUD COH PLANNING DEPT <br />JUL 25'24 Pm2,19 <br />I would like to add further input for the need to create a "Kona Floodway Park". <br />Over the years, Kona Soil and Water Conservation District has seen firsthand how the effects of <br />climate change are growing, not only in frequency but as well as intensity. We must prepare <br />for the inevitable deluge we will receive — even if it is just from our 100-year flood events. <br />• The November 2000 flash flood event on the Island of Hawaii, the Big Island, produced the largest <br />single -day rainfall total ever recorded on the island and the second largest 24-hour total in the state's <br />history. <br />• In March 2006, a rare continuous 40 days of rainfall occurred in the Hawaiian Islands causing massive <br />coastal flooding. <br />• In 2018, a home on Plumeria Rd. in Kailua Kona was flooded out twice in one week as a result from Kona <br />floodplain water courses. As climate WnJjrRL*�,7tbjV3Nil1 happen to more homes, and more <br />properties. <br />JEFF KNOWLES GREG HENDRICKSON t KEU`IKANOE MAHI I STEVE FOELBER f MARK PETERSEN <br />F '',° PING PROVIDED BY COUNTY OF HAwm`1 DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOP T <br />