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COUNTY CLERK
COUNTY OF HAWAIII
(i iii) a,lw RECEIVED
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Re: B-H j �g
Date JUL 1 8 2020
A i()'R,t I I axk Li i Coutil% Giui-Cill nieniber",.
ani to express tiv, NlronL! support 1'or Bill 1 7�
tvhich aniends arid Updates the
a%,,ai i C IT U 11 t Code 101- natl\C Crest dedications, HIC CUrrerlt counik code j-or nali%c t`iarcst
dedications dcmicii ed LNIC0111-UC Ilr011eviN %xncrs to protect ','aid prcscrNe existing natiVe
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tklreS! 01�, f� a j-)`Crj0d 01 -'Il keih
�i, 20 -,earL, I --sc pl-O'L I'clOTIS '171 ided an excellent start for natIN c
support
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Orcst L;tc%�ardship. and nk'ot, 'he nnic tt,� aniclit-f the code �k Ith prox isiolls that vI I i - I
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orest rc�storint�on proj�-,c,,S in I I fc Interest in nauxe tores
nativc It, Ii fie %6th the ptubii ts and the ill lily
tienefits (11411, native foresis pl,cix
1 lie current eod-- 111"P,olle L%Pe art 100-CS1 ded lCah'1011 LUCh that in oxvner niat. dedicate Iand (khere
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6( lie j6rct Lover # ll,uk e forest and 2 I'll'fliat ct-It,el*,32-e is tl,ee COVer, I Ills PI'()X 1"1011
v,ork ,�cll vhen fliI" propei—, tmner Is Cl-10U-'h III have all existim, natIN e 1-orcsi arid the
L)Vncl- '11-Irces 10 dediCLIte lhu;tt norliwit (II The prOperv, tor at [east 21,11 tears. 'since 2004. the coullt"
h,-ts Jpnro%ed 129 nafi%e t¢I t dedicarions -Mlich spart (18,202 acres,
klm,e5 cn,. in mKiw, case, iric lan,t the 51nia. cannot support a native forest restoration protect
utti to -I \ariet" €+F C()Tlditl,�r,2s that hxe C0111111,01111sed il° �iabihlvInclucinlLt bill not limited to
soil deuradatlon and depieTion, loof--orouncklater resources, nixasive sp!cies overrun, loss of,
kI.Int"threaks. and wo of Mlich call rake The cstorzitlon (It-a natix c torest and all (41'its
bcnefii,� Rfi--ult It", ot 1111possi
ICCOMPall'i R12 I n Ill- to 1,iehei-,Ct To date, zero restoration protects
hax c beent started under The naw c kirest Ortlorl.
o contend "%ith flic-se-- [31111 178 re(:onivnends th,c addition (It-tvci,Ile%%
cateu(wics: "I'Lln-cuitnal fore't- and Tile 1-unctional "Orest corlibliles natIVc
Alld MAI-11"16,,c non-im d,P,C ";Pectcls In WI 0 ire axid maintain the forest and
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m-df :..meta Ille niam ic lt�:-HS I Mire lial0'e. ftire,-�T r-slon'tIion, H - fLinctional I'orc-14 ni---,
CHIler sere as a sIerpIITL"-Stk1le 41-1 3 1 t, 11 nali%'u l'orest rcstoration P,tent or it illav be the end
thAl 01 1'eYOr3n -oicct. depending uron the condition of the prop tl,A
Of a flrc�,crva, ,it i
I fie -,ticcessicillad r,`T.css ire srriw i4 J. —sku'lied nI protect ll,fiIe f-a-estcle-,elopmeni oil lava, lands,
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=sjlcr,c thfirst tarted, P
his rwo,,ision @1,'C uld give the prc)pertv J
olkcner (ir61011 (tt'LlediCat"12 IJ`L,:l 1311d" !itr the mun-1 (it restornl,-L the m-11%c tor,11,4, Lino
%kold"I a t t Lille tt-t lal-dIowneriheu ofCelopnient,
Comm. Nc. a • '
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2020
Ref. Date L 2 S
Next. BI-11 I7S Lid'11,151s the trralne 01 tile dedicaTIOP asleSsIlleut hCriefil, L'u(h--j- Ole CUITC111 Cmde.
the propem ox%Tier N%owid be'-nn tk-,� tile nal.,%e fo'esl as'Xles,�rrlew bctrefil onl% onelilc
reLjul!-Culelllt, to %]UUhf' for n'tmc fon.!st (It'dicallon %X"n'C hdh reached. In the CJL�C'N Ol a
restoration projecl, this mil-Ofl take it vel-ars on Ltvcr�':-Ic to aCIUeT and -,koul Ill
Th- propoI�Cd anicudillell,
on,,.IderabIe co--;i�� to tile iandwmler v.ithout an-, olf"mung tax bencunit,
le
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ore"'! asses;�,mera Ule COLIFIT'N duj'WoNe, tit' OperlI ("Alr's nati%e
I\01,11d it !1 fl-v�� natilve f
r4:4T0ratI0I1 r1lan and confirm, the i,In 11 11 1 M12 Ploj�-ct J I-Ia
--nafl !-,Ill Ilivallim"Inil) ad'u,'uncrit "hat ie7m--d I _11
P, HIV 1:0LH 1% 1t J i M jxSI0I`UI101T rITT IS.
I III1,111N, Bill 1,78 ca I]s !or an ini pro% ft,Y]l In til", w se"Nlllefi I rate I 1 0" 1- W,e foresi dedlicat,
NaiP,e preservation and resiorad- m cons-derallic cost�, and tk-di
1011 HIC 1, 1 - , Icallon Irom,
the lean do%\rler, L n!lke othe! u4ricuitural dedicafion,� the naiiNe foresi dedicailon \Nifil 1101
L"ellerate Incollic !(,)I- the propel-IN MklleE Ill 1IddJ11011, the dedication lies III) the Iv rerl�, IllrOL1211
A rt
lh�: dedicateu Period "'aid cflecti-,cf-, II-IN%er, "1'� 1 a lat I 111c. 1111phAeO
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I-arc helpin i., nnc)des! %N LIN to TAY et
COt,, L11101 "c'Milk Lhal 'tile C011111% tile
prole,:Ioll and nl-Sto rat I C 411 4A Mlli%e Wre:NU-,
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)UbhC-PI-i`T,,RC P-Irtrel-sHp, Bili 178 votdd idle colltlt%'s ii)1eresl ill takum! camv of
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OLIT, land alld In putting polic% in place to suppot1 mali\c t-O!'C's! DreserN ation and restoration. J-fie
cOSt tO the COMIC\ V,OUld be approximaleIN N Cal, It, starr. and tie affli.cipate a Ner% modest
tncre&� e III the mUMber of nekk de4:ijcalioll5 dUe 10 the cost to the lanclokvner and the commitment
rk2,11111-od to set Ll*Idc Land tell the fuli ded,
lcation
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r - s imestmentS -,I belli:61�� h\ tllv MVIL1211 tile p3 operl\ (-)%%Ile, ad CIb0`Ik �-!l the elltil
�el-k iCeS Mid CUIMI-al richnjc�� proN Ide'd b\ nan.,e fon� ts, includillu but not
lintiled to I-,rounjm�ater resi"orall'11 eroslon control and, cn, n
ocai reef protectioat "I, bi
re-sioration for plants and cal-holn "equesiration. chmare chan,-,s: abatenlent. aud oNlerall
jlciILc OfIllilld 601-the 'EI na Lind III tit us luck,, enoW-Al w Hll C litre.
thel-ClOre UrUe OU 10 SUI)POrt OICSC :fflltudnlclrls IT) potcct %N haI %%e lrr%e and r,srore 11 hal
We"Ve itlSt. For your reference, I'%C ulCI LI'ded a 'Nilorl H-L kofsta% and county pol ie\ de&;ioni , Ill'al
dlov, that tile re-�
-torati011 0l nati\e loi,estS IS J I'VIOrm tor I hm ill and I 1tik�t al"I coullIN
Ver-, Nst re2ardl,.
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Le,dle Cole-Brook-,
Resources,s,and lrcrislaatiy,� baa. Port
1, Hawaii State on;Zlitutaon' 97h
Ail, XL Section 9 states l a zla person lies the Figlht Lo as clean and h altlav as
Maned tv� lax%s r lamia to erivirolln ental iric1��dim.,, control of oollut'on and
'.rz Vaa sa 7 `*taata' 1olta:
t o Nlaau lea. lea o sena 'Aina i is z a 0110"
v.I L=i (s I'In l...sa d as Pernetuared In .a.oll-ot.snes
Act 111; (7 ¢1 t
Act _ sale a statewide tare'of Carbon neutraliry bN ' a��. Aci 15 establishes astaate statewide targ t
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for carbon licutrafiry SUCh that the State sequesters more pan ,(gr.r:t'.Ill"k{"ruse gases the
emitted liv "04—
1 _ sets
s jorities add c�cuplaa5t ciintkate cllat��-e Act .� Reco ,aft eti that climate 1lataaa e is real
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and poses a serious threat to Hawaad ,ea;onom3 . sustat.5'Sabilirv. and natural resources, lea Act 32).
the Stats cc5mmataeal to €xpar2ding :siraategies and mechanisms to reduce
greenhouse s. gas eIaI S4a(aa
statcxvacle. striNi na to cramn-nu`icaate lo5a#�-t rm low oreenhaattsc gas emission a ex"ltapment
str ateafies; and to ino aactioaas to conser�e and talaance la ng-tt rare sinks and reser\oirs of
greenhouse gasses. by 1a575tit"aal Jill! t. t development tai a2rs. t`c5at "c31 s. and Sa restoration a29
native upland and coastaal tivest and weilan&. Act 3'.2 also commits to aligning stat: goals 'with
tlac goals=descri bed is the 2015 Paris Aureement.
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Resolutio
Resolutionm',-%19 a nizes, that the res t ial a limaat eaa ergvency threaten,,ha.tm{aa`sltN gtlrad til
natural -v mld: `.Ch �.`ourat� c��f HaN�\ai-i therefore will hri l��a�a�nt a jtast, cqu4able, couaatv%vi
emergency climate '1110bilizaaion effort ta0 reverse tg1c al warmima, -, draasticall} a-educing
countvlvide emissions of'.cyton dioxide and t.ra'ec..r3house Ips+e`*.... and d9"%3lOa1:g.do\kricarbon
lions the atmosphere no lam (lull ()30, while accelerating adaption and resilience strategies in
preparation iter intensifying climate cl;arige impacts, in addition. Resolution 122-19 commits to
establish as ibitious goak: consistent % ith or excc :lim.n `Mate zoaals and cFbie tives and ror
iaa meth; tell to implement the paths laid out in the low ai`i Island Climate action plan that
a2acic5alcs phasing out existing sourecs t"fg-r eril oust gas emissions and implementing eating initiative
such as tree plan ing, to sequester carbon from the air,