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Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawai i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />Wil Okabe <br />Managing Director <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 <br />February 11, 2019 <br />Representative Nicole E. Lowen, Chair <br />Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection <br />Representative Ryan I. Yamane, Chair <br />Committee on Water, Land and Hawaiian Affairs <br />Dear Chair Lowen, Chair Yamane, and Committee Members: <br />RE: HB 1548 Relating to Rapid Ohia Death <br />The initial shock of the discovery of Rapid Ohia Death has passed, and therefore the media <br />has largely moved on. But the devastation of ROD and the loss of Ohia in Hawaii should not be <br />ignored. Therefore, I am grateful to the authors of this bill, and to you and your Committees, for <br />keeping this issue alive at the Legislature, and hopefully furthering the battle to defeat this terrible <br />scourge. <br />I will defer to the scientists as to how much funding can be productively used, and urge that, at <br />the end of the Session, there be sufficient money allotted to find an ROD cause and cure, or at least <br />treatment. <br />With whatever amendments are appropriate, please approve funding to combat ROD. <br />Respectfully Submitted, <br />Harry Ki <br />MAYOR <br />I� <br />County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />