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FANG:Yes, yes, Im aware of the -.
<br />SPRINGER:Thank you. So we dont know how many 100-year floods there
<br />have been since 1981?
<br />FANG:No. The biggest one I know of is the 2000-year flood and that was
<br />the big surprise to a lot of people. And, so, theres talk about calibrating what is a 100-
<br />year flood but thats in the making right now.
<br />SPRINGER:Thank you. Mr. Moore, with regard to insurance requirement, who
<br />bears that burden if its a result of any changes, even within that foot of, I guess, the
<br />margin of error, that is allowed by FEMA. Who bears the insurance burden for any
<br />damage?
<br />MOORE:Again, Im not familiar with the insurance requirements. Again, I
<br />believethatwiththeLOMARorLOMAthatthebuildingandthefacilitieswere
<br />insurable. And, again, if, its, you know, again, Im not familiar with the insurance.
<br />SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions?
<br />Mr. Yuen?
<br />YUEN:This is for Yen. The subject property, according to the FEMA
<br />map, it looks like theres a lobe of the flood plain that extends towards Kilauea out of the
<br />regular, the rest of the flow of it. If Im gathering, and I saw that theres a little flow of
<br />water from Kilauea Street down a culvert that flows into the floodway. Does that lobe of
<br />supposedly flood plain in the subject property come from that creek or is that spilled over
<br />from the main floodway?
<br />FANG:Okay. Its a combination of both because the topography has a
<br />low point in the, if youre looking down the main Palai Stream flood plain, it has a low
<br />point on the side, where the side stream comes in. The water, when the water level
<br />comes up, the water will flow to the side. Its creating a, we call it the back water
<br />effect. Its actually, its shifting to the side and, because the water is over, coming in, so
<br />it actually rises even more. So if you, you know that water seeps to the level surface.
<br />And if theres no water coming in, the water -. You know, if the upstream section is this
<br />wide, the water stays here. And when it sees that the side stream, it actually like turns
<br />like this. So, you see, thats why the lobe is there. But because there is that side stream
<br />that comes in from Kilauea and the upper tributary area, the water surface slightly rises
<br />up on this side. And that is addressed in my local drainage report that, you know, I
<br />noticed that little shift but, you know, we accommodate that for.
<br />YUEN:So, I mean, is the gist of what youre saying is that if you fill in
<br />this lobe that youll allow that little creek to flow through underneath the fill, that youre
<br />not having very much of an effect on the main flow in the floodway?
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