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I'rlnt Page; 1 of I <br /> From: Council Testimony (counciltestimony~co.hawaii hi us) <br /> To: hawaiicountycouncil~yahoo.com <br /> Date: Tuesday, November 2Q ?007 8:10.03 AM <br /> Subject: FW: Comment on Bill 51, Draft 6 <br /> From: Charles Flaherty [mailto:oneheart@abha.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, M1lnvembrr 20, 2007 1:77 AA1 <br /> <br /> To: councittestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Cc: 'Ford, Brenda'; 'Hoffmann, Pete'; 'Donakl Ikeda'; jjaco@co.hawaii.hi.us; shiga@co.hawaii.hi.us; <br /> E'naenle@r:o.fiawaii.hi.ua; KAPif Afn@rn.hawaii.hi.u~;'rkiminir Yannnn'; jynshimntn@m.haw~ii.hi.uc <br /> Subject: Comment on Bib 51, Drag 6 <br /> Aloha mai Chairman HofTmann and members of the Hawaii County Council, <br /> Well, congratulations...you'vc made the NF1P deadline. But my congratulations stop there because the <br /> Hokuli'a settlement deadline was over one year ago and nothing has been dune to reduce (loud risk in <br /> our county. <br /> An article in Sunday's West Hawaii Today trumpeted Bill 51, Draft 6 as exceeding minimum National <br /> l+loud insurance Program (NFiI') standards. But after Council member lord's incredible effort to <br /> educate this Council and the general public about flood control, 1 hope you understand that article was <br /> nothing more than propaganda. if there were a race between Bill 5 i, Draft G and minimum NFIP <br /> standards, it would be a photo finish. <br /> [ hope this Council realizes that Bill 51, Draft does absolutely nothing to protect the numerous <br /> community members who have tcstitied before this Council about Hreir personal Hooding experiences. <br /> If the 50-foot buffer zone proposed in this bill had been in effect 20-years ago, it still would have not <br /> have prevented these people from {boding. Their irornes lie far outside of the buffer zone. And this bill <br /> does nothing to prevent mare community members from being flooded by future development. Anyone <br /> who says otherwise is simply playing politics at the expense of the public's health, safety, and welfare. <br /> Further, this i>ill d~xs ixrthint; to rain; our ~;~wnty's rnli~it; within Ihu ('u~ritaui~~iiy it,~li~ig tiystciri. tt will <br /> not reduce flood insurance premiums. <br /> 1 would Itkc kzu-u~ir~tt lhES (:F~Fit~cil., N1ayoG IarF~, and 11(~.l ~;~t irr~CUt of I'~ddre. VJ ctiks lAu~.ckx tirklCl: <br /> McClure that you have already committed to a .]Dint Council-Administration effort to reduce flood risk, <br /> protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and minimize property damage. I and other members of <br /> the piabli~, cxiwct you to follow-Ihru~iyh with thaC ~;uuunitinr,~~C_.and srwn. <br /> 1 also expect certain members of the professional engineering and architech~ral community who have <br /> practical cxpc~iaucc, wil6 [icxxling its uu~ cunumu~iiy k~ conic. Cu:ih with slu.cilic k:gisla(ivc. lauy,:ragc to <br /> correct existing problems caused by inet'Fective government regulation and inappropriate development in <br /> flash flood risk areas. <br /> Malialu, <br /> Charles Flaherty <br /> Comm. No. ~ ~ ~ ~ b <br /> Ref. To: h <br /> Ref. Date V 0 2001 <br /> http://us.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=ll ka8791 agens l 1 /20/2007 <br /> <br />