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<br /> <br />Wil Okabe <br /> <br />Managing Director <br /> <br /> <br />Harry Kim <br /> <br />Mayor <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br /> <br />Deputy Managing Director <br /> <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8211  Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C  Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444  Fax (808) 323-4440 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Chair Takumi and members: <br /> <br />Thank you for this opportunity to comment on SB 611 SD1, HD1. <br /> <br />As we all know, the cost of housing in Hawaii is already so high that too <br />many of our citizens are priced out of the market. Whether it is a question <br />of creating housing stock for ownership or rental, we need to find ways to <br />make it less expensive to build, rather than more expensive. For that <br />reason, Hawaii County would not consider requiring sprinklers in residential <br />dwellings, or agricultural or aquacultural buildings. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />Wil Okabe <br />Managing Director <br />County of Hawaii <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />