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To whom it may concern: Regarding the storm water crossing my parcel TMK 8-2-2-33 and flowing ma kai: I purchased this property in a leasehold interest from Tim Judd in 1985. At the time the fee interest in the property was held by Kealakekua Ranch Ltd. and the parcel was approximately 5.7 acres in size. I planted the property to palms, birds of paradise and coffee and enjoyed commercial use of the leasehold property until 2001. In 2001 Kealakekua Ranch Ltd. sold the fee simple interest in my leasehold parcel to Captain Cook Ranch who subsequently conveyed to me the upper 2.1 acres in fee in return for the quit claim of my leasehold rights to the lower 3.6 acre parcel. In 1985, at the time of my purchase of the leasehold interest in the property, I noted that storm water came onto the property via a culvert under Napo'opo'o Road. The storm water flowed into a ditch that had been made by Mr. Greenwell and Mr. Judd. In addition to storm water that came via the culvert storm water also sheet flowed down Kinue Terrace onto Napo'opo'o Road and across onto the leasehold property. If water flows through the culvert it goes into a dry well directly ma kai of the culvert. If the dry well fills up then the water flows ma uka of my driveway and around my house to the South. From there the storm water flows down on to the lower area of the former leasehold property of 5.7 acres and pools up to seep into the ground. In my 20 years of residence the water seems to disappear into the ground in the area where the birds of paradise are planted and is retained by the ma kai stone wall of the former leasehold property. A few years back, while I was out of town, my drive way did have some flooding primarily due to heavy rainfall running down the Kinue Terrace Road and onto my property. This may have been due to either the drywell of the culvert needing to be cleaned out, or water sheet flowing off the Kinue Terrace Road and down my driveway. At that time sand bags were placed along my driveway to prevent the water coming down my driveway and we did not receive any damage from the run-off, although water did pool up in the lower 3.6 acres of the former leasehold property. From my standpoint storm water drains need to be placed at the bottom of Kinue Terrace to settle the storm water that builds up on the Kinue Terrace road and flows onto Napo'opo'o Road. This would alleviate the run-off onto my property. This represents my best recollection of storm water impact on the former 5.7 acre leasehold property. G. Rick Robinson-;2- D~ Owner: 382-002-033