2024-07-29 Jeff Silva, Colony 1 Testimony PL-CCH-2024-000022

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information to guide the County and others in their decision making process. This would appear important for the Wastewater Treatment Plant, but would also be important to guide Fire Suppression needs. All of us witnessed the tragedy that occurred on Maui at Lahaina and Kula. Punalu'u shares many of the environmental conditions that set Lahaina up for disaster. It can be very dry, windy, and has extensive fire load that dries out yearly. Fires occur nearly yearly and it is a matter of time before conditions align and combine with a weakness in Fire Suppression. Please see the documents we were able to attain from Hawaii County Fire. PWS has taken an effort to knock back some of the brush to help keep fire from spreading and they have our deepest thanks, but much more needs to be done in a timely fashion because valuable time has been wasted. The Association is seeking the following conditions be met prior to any SMA Permit approval: 1. That an Environmental Study be done to properly assess the Wastewater System deficiencies and needs and properly gauge Fire Suppression needs prior to any SMA Permit approval 2. That BSB and PWS (ie Eva Liu) immediately correct, repair, and upgrade the significant deficiencies to the Fire Suppression Systems and its Water Supply Sources and Backup Sytems that serve and protect existing structures and lives as was a condition of their purchase 3. That BSB and PWS fulfill their obligations as agreed upon as a condition of purchase before proceeding with any planned development 4. That BSB and PWS cannot proceed with planned development prior to fulfilling their obligations to their current users In closing, I would like to point out that the Board represents many owners at Colony One. The Owners opinions on the proposed development plans fall on a spectrum of for the development to against the development, but all owners agree that the water systems are paramount to our existence. The Boards position is to stick purely to the facts at hand and feel strongly that any development plan must take the dire condition of the water, wastewater, and fire suppression systems into account. However, the applicant failed to mention this in their application and has not fulfilled the original assertions made to the PUC as a condition of purchase. In addition, the applicant has made every effort to keep the information we have compiled from being presented to the Commision for consideration. For these reasons we seek the Commissions help in assuring accountability to prevent a health and safety tragedy that is clearly preventable. Mahalo nui Jeff Silva Representative for the Colony One AOAO