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Page 1 of 2 <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: GeoMike5@att.net ~ ~ i <br /> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 5:38 AM ^n `z,'` 1,~ <br /> t.~ ~v~ <br /> C.~~ <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Cc: Ford, Brenda; Naeole, Emily; Pilago, K. Angel; Hoffmann, Pete; Hjge, Stacy; Yagong, Dominic; <br /> Ikeda, Donald; jyashimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us; Jacobson, Bob ' <br /> Subject: Bill 51 Flood Control <br /> <br /> Aloha, County Council Members: <br /> I am providing testimony on Bi1151 and its drafts and amendments on Flood Control. <br /> I urge the Council to pass this legislation without delay. <br /> You have heard the testimony with the preponderance of evidence showing how Bi1151 will protect the <br /> residents of the Island and how it will meet the requirements of FEMA and flood insurance issues. <br /> You have been given examples of violations of both FEMA and EPA requirements of certain developers <br /> and numerous broken promises on providing engineering reports and maps after they have been given <br /> approval by various Commissions and even the Council to proceed. You have seen examples where <br /> developers proceed without proper permitting. <br /> <br /> No district of the Island is free from flooding dangers. Development in or rerouting flood plains <br /> requires special engineering attention to prevent worsening flood potential. It is not unreasonable for <br /> those issues to be addressed. The developers and their support groups all complain that it will cost them <br /> more money to develop properties if Bi1151 passes. Realistically, the cost will be in the engineering <br /> design and application to meet the requirements established in Bi1151. Simply put, it will require some <br /> land to be set aside for flood control measures. That may result in a fewer but a small number of homes <br /> or apartments being built on a particulaz property b ut there is no doubt that it will protect citizens from <br /> flood problems and, in the long run, will not only lower flooding risk but be fiscally prudent. <br /> The Council already has made numerous compromises in favor of the developers and now it is time for <br /> <br /> the Council to protect the citizens of this Island from the blatant disregard for law and regulation, and <br /> <br /> the property, safety and well being of the citizens. <br /> <br /> If the Council does not pass for Bi1151 and its amendments, then it is doing the Island Community a <br /> great disservice and out hope after the last election has gone the way of the Hawaiian Akialoa* - <br /> extinct! We the people will have been undercut in favor to the special interests by the same <br /> <br /> representatives we elected and depend upon to protect us. <br /> Pass Bi1151. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Michael Reimer <br /> Kailua-Kona <br /> GeoMikeS t{,att.net Comm: ~ ?lp , j~ <br /> Ref. To: " >ro ed ttY1Ct) <br /> Ref. Date~2007 <br /> 7/23/2007 <br /> <br />