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<br /> 05/31/2007 PHU 17:36 FAX 808 929 7009 Kuahiwi ContracLOrs Inc. j90n1 <br /> Michelle Galimba ~JU7 fili''~ 3;! fi!9 `f': <br /> Kuahiwi Contractors, Inc. <br /> PO Box 294 ~ <br /> Na'alehuHI96772 `~~.~~'r;l <br /> Tel: 808 938 7899 <br /> May 30, 2007 <br /> Honorable Council-members: <br /> I am a rancher and paniola born and raised in South Kona anLl Ka u. I. am <br /> also a Director on the board of the Ka'u Soil and Water Conse•rvatirH:. <br /> District. In both capacities, I would like to express strong ophositinr. It F31: <br /> 51, draft 3. <br /> This bill proposes measures which are heavy-handed, impracticable, <in: <br /> short-sighted. <br /> Compliance with this bill would cause disruption of the hydrulogi~;al ~;,clE, <br /> damage the environment, hurt the agricultural economy of the isla c Li. li r:1. <br /> potentially put lives in danger. <br /> Depending on how these measures are interpreted, the provisions in r ti,. frill <br /> could well make agricultural "development," such as tilling fields, i*IS1:11iril; <br /> fences, clearing land of invasive species, or the construction c. F far ci <br /> facilities economically unfeasible. This will have a devastatingly ru°;,~~: <br /> effect upon agricultural operations. Such extreme requirements u is l ~ L>o <br /> discourage farmers and ranchers from working with the consc+rvatdo:n <br /> districts, since compliance will have such a negative economic imp;aca; ,.l ~a <br /> their businesses. This unintended, but very real, by-product of this }r oo:,ed <br /> legislation cannot be underestimated, and will hurt overall conser~u:iun <br /> efforts. <br /> Requiring retention of base-floods across the board, throughatrt the i8i anel, <br /> will be costly, unsightly, ecologically unwise, and potentially ~.ian,;~r ~u~, <br /> Compliance will require building enormous earth and concrete str.I r,;. r.n <br /> steeply sloping lands. The standing pools of water that will result ii,i ~n phi,: <br /> measure will be breeding grounds for mosquitoes and will geilerali;; <br /> Comm. No.'~~•~~ <br /> Ref. To~~•le-~d' <br /> Ref. Date <br /> <br />