2025-10-23 Conversations with Complainant

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my property during rainfall, as it backs up the flow of water on to the easement, redirecting the runoff onto my property and by default into your property. As once proper ditch or canalization is installed, it will allow for proper drainage past your driveway and not back up into my property. This should in itself ease some of the flooding issues during storms between your property and mine which you have complained to me about. 4. Item 3 of your letter dated December 17th,2024,The Mitigation of RainWater Runoff: I appreciate you bringing to light the issue of water migration, as this has been an issue on my lot for some time now. As you may have noticed, my Lot has never properly drained after a storm of any significance.And I have never understood why, until you mentioned this issue of water migration, and I began to look into it.As you know, our properties should drain predominantly west to east, basically down the mountain towards Hilo town. Mine should also, but as you have pointed out in your complaints to me, it does not. Since the clearing of the overgrowth on my side of the property line, I've been able to better monitor the water movement across my property, and its behavior at the property line. It has now become apparent that much of the flooding issues I am experiencing are directly related to the"Man-made Berm"that is on our shared property line.This berm acts to inhibit proper water migration from west to east across the property line, and redirects the flow north along the berm, and down into the low spot of the area of your encroachment. This"Berm"which ironically is present nearly the entire length of your"developed lot", (it is approx. 200 ft long and extends from Old Volcano Road to the"South Trees"of the area of encroachment) and along the full length of your driveway. This "Berm"is by no means a natural formation, it is earth pushed up from your property on to the property line. It was put in place at some point during either the clearing of your lot, installation of your driveway and/or alterations made by you thereafter. This"Man-made Berm"impedes the natural flow of water as it wishes to cross the lot line,which at a minimum,floods my lot and creates pools of standing water, and in heavy downpour conditions sends a concentrated flow of runoff through the crossing in the lot line you have pointed out in your complaints to me. The issue of this berm's existence and the problems it is causing are a very serious matter, as it impedes the waters natural path of migration across our shared property line. Should we not be able to come to an agreement on the current water migration issues discussed in this letter, I would have no other alternative but to involve the State to come investigate the"Man-made" Berm dividing our properties, and the Pag- : 6