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rd Since my testimony of, at the last meeting, October 3, IÓve talked to two people, to Richard Brock and to Chip Fletcher. And as a result of those conversations IÓve got some additional things that IÓd like you to consider. First of all, following Dr. BrockÓs meeting, at the last meeting, I had a brief conversation with Dr. Brock about termicides, about Oahu; and he mentioned just in passing that he wished he had had barriers under his house, the type that Rollin was mentioning and that I mentioned in my previous testimony. TheyÓre not that expensive. And if, I donÓt want to put words in Dr. BrockÓs mouth, but he wishes that he had the same kind of passive, non-chemical thing. And the reason is that if you look on the note at the bottom of my submittal this time, there has been two pesticides used in termite control that were found at dangerous levels in oysters that were collected on Kaneohe Bay on Oahu, and I put a reference there that you can look at that further. So this is what Rollin is talking about. ItÓs really serious, itÓs a problem. And, fortunately, the solution is one that my guess is most homeowners would buy if they were aware of it. And most people want to be environmentally conscious, and probably the developers as well. The second person that I talked to was Professor Chip Fletcher, and he mentioned two things. Well, first of all, about, he says that the sunlight there is showing that the ocean is rising on an average about two millimeters a year from all reaso ocean is rising. He also says that the island of Hawaii is subsiding by two millimeters a year as well. Two millimeters a year isnÓt very much but thatÓs, the total change in level is four millimeters. And in a hundred years, four millimeters a hundreds years would work out to be nearly 16 inches. And what, with this change, then whatÓs going to happen to the recreational value at Kohanaiki Beach? This change, basically, particularly if homeowners and the developer decide to put up walls to protect it, the walls will do what seawalls do everywhere, they will reflect the storm waves a weÓve got in front of it. So we need a condition, and IÓve suggested the wording for that. Basically, no armoring of the property be allowed now or in the future, and also that all sand dunes near the shore must be left untouched. Professor Chip Fletcher indicates that thatÓs one of the, we donÓt want to bulldoze whatever protection we do have in the form of sand dunes. So with 16 inches of change in a hundred years, my concern is that we will lose, and Dr. Fletcher as well, we will lose much of the public beach if people begin to put up seawalls and do other kinds of armoring. And without the armoring, the shore will gradually move mauka maintaining the recreational value oft Pine Trees for decades to come. ItÓll basically eat into the 9-hole golf course where appropriate -. So the result of this condition, in fact, may require that the developer go back to the drawing board for the respective setbacks of not only where the golf course is but also the, for the benefit of where, perhaps, more homes. Surely the homes that are 500 feet away shouldnÓt be any problem, but what about other buildings and structures? 22