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SAM COOPER PO BOX 7730 HILO,HAWAII 96720 PHONE/FAX(808)-969-6833 E-MAIL sammcooper @hawaiiantel.net March 8,2009 Mr. Galen M. Kuba Chief Engineer County of Hawaii Department of Public Works County of Hawaii Regarding my property at 1605 Kinoole St(TMK2-2-038:018). The area of my property that was damaged during the Roadside Improvement#STP0100(059) has not yet been restored to the existing condition the property was in before the project began. When re-installing my fence I ran string lines to find the property line. I found that my property is still 12 to 18 inches lower than it was before construction started. I was told by Alan Simeon and various staff from Isemoto Contracting including Jason that the last phase of the project was to bring in good soil and place the soil at the bottom of the retaining wall weep hole and would be graded from said wall to the existing land area.Thus the soil would be graded to give positive drainage from the wall into my yard. To date the job is not complete.The soil was never placed to the bottom of the weep holes. It was placed 6 inches plus under the weep holes.This is one reason why my yard is 12-18 inches lower.When you purchased the 5 feet of property that also changed the topography. Perhaps that 5 ft was not taken into consideration when the project was engineered.The fact you shot your elevations without first grubbing the Chong property also is a factor. During the excavation phase to try to correct the damage to my property I took some measurements to see how much material was needed.9-10 truckloads(Black cinder soil mix)from Sanford were required.To date 3 loads were delivered to my property. Sink holes are now occurring in my yard. I also noticed a lot of pre-existing soil was mixed in with the cinder soil mix that was put in the construction area of my property. My request is for 3 more truckloads of material from Sanford rather than 6 more truckloads of material from Sanford since my fence is up and trees are planted. Please contact me to set up an on site meeting.Thank you for the work to date. Sincerely, Sam Cooper cc:Alan Simeon