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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0896.197 2022-2024From: HUL| Havvai'i Sent: Tuesday, August 2l202411:3SAK4 To: Council Testimony Cc: ViUegas' Rebecca; Inaba, Ho|eka; Kanea|ii-K|einfe|der, Matt; Evans' Cynthia F.VV.; Ge|imba, MicheUeM.; kjerkiewicz,Ashley; Lee Loy, Sue; K]rnba\[ Heathe��og Jennifer Subject: HUL| PAC OPPOSES Bill 169, Draft] c Aloha Chair and County Council. representatives, HUL|PAC St[Ongk/OppoS8SBill 1G9.Draft 3.\Nefind the delays indecision -ma king tOb8irrational 8nd diareepeotuitntheproceaaitoutf.Bvignuringover1,OOOpaetteetinnonieafronoKonareaiden--end recommendations from our credible organizationsto help steer good land use decisions, it is now begiODiDgtOseem like @oOCi8i'USticoconcern. The message the majority CountyCounniihoaeanttothepeop\aofKbnoiathetthepnocoeedoeanot matter. The delay and concerns for the east side County Council members have now opened itupfor discussion so that every moku of this istand can chime in on what happens in Kona. This h]ndinnot fit for development, period, whether affordabte or not. HUUPAC fully supports Comm. 8H8.150aaasite viaittothe Kona Three Ty4K'and reviewing poatflnod records and videos ofKona iaessential. |tiaalso vitaitVvisit and observe during high -traffic hours. Then imagine a tsunami comingthrough again and identifyingthe non-existent functional routes after several f8i\Sdevacuations where the roads came tO8dead stop. Identify all. the gated communities that block up vital pathways Uptothe mountain. Residents onAU'i Drive could not get out of their d[iV8Vvoyo during evacuation. Kahakai School. students wouid be trapped. The Police ordered peopte to run for the hills in 2007. It didn't even enter the local news to reflect the on -the -ground experience, and no sirens were turned on for alert. When there are accidents on Mamatahoa Hwy, our residents must make a 30-45 minute detour to pick up their kids from Hotualoa School. or return home. This is where I tived for four generations. These are the facts we face daily, and for decades, we have addressed the same issues in our community testimonies around infrastructure and floodways for three generations. Yet we continue to pass development that is not afforclabte and unsafe, gate up our roadways for offshore investors, and push Kona residents off the istand, as affordable housing for Kona was never a concern. The west side of our island iathe cash cow for Hawai'i Istand and remains in this manner with majority voting patterns. As climate change occurs, our local. weather patterns have changed significantly due to lava flow (which changes rain patterns inKOn8\'[GiDf8iLand hurricane patterns, which have 8different spin and have been bringing south winds iotek/. Supporting development without open space inflood areas with sensibte essential. urban planning and community knowledge creates probtems impacting thousands of people. Three targe mountains have tong protected Kona, yet we have seen patterns drasticatty change in recent history. More floods in recent years have destroyed homes from North to South Kona. This TMIK for Kona Three ianow @nexample Of8Oopportunity todOwhat iSright. VVehave avenues toexplore and 3 door Ofopportunity for win -win eOiUtiDnS. We hope to see a change in how our County Council. members view this issue and respect Kona residents and organizations putting forward their credible recommendations. This flood isn't even that bad, it gets much worst: Iittp-s://youtu.be/ Q-p—dtc5xE b a f -? s i = I u t I S 10 A L D I Gh b d L . ... .... . — ------- This is also not that bad, it can get worst. Below Kona Three TMK, this is what happens, and this is also not bad or destructive to our properties and coral reefs. https,//Ya-ut—u.b-eLLax—UP-x-Q-u!—KQ[?s:t7--!Bl-�-mFi3XXxONIM7D Tsunami https://voutu.be/lOSutxin_Fk—Q7si---acng8Jz8-248-nHZs6 Thank you for your time. Maki Morinoue HULI PAC, volunteer Holualoa 96725 "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates HULI PAC - P.O. Box 168, Holualoa, HI. 96725 - www.hulihi.com From: HUL|Hawai'i Sent: Tuesday, August 20,20241O:46AM To: Council Testimony Subject: HUL|PAC Supports: Comm. 8y6.15O Aloha Chair and County Counni\representatives, HULI PAC futly supports Comm. 896.150. A site visit to the Kona Three TMK and reviewing past flood records and videos of Kona are essentiat. As climate change occurs, our tocat weather patterns have changed significantly due to tava flow (which changes rain patterns in Kona), rainfatt, and hurricane patterns, which have a different spin, bringing in South winds and development without open space in ftood areas. Three large mountains have tong protected Kona, yet we have seen patterns drasticatty change inrecent history. This isn't even bad: Below Kona Three TMK, this is what happens, and this is atso not bad or destructive to our properties and coral. reefs. Th8nkyoufO[yOUrtime. M8kiMorinOU8 Hoiumioa 96725 "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." - Socrates H[]LI PAC -P.[].Box 168,HOlu8k]8.HI. 96725-