HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0046.017 2024-2026From: Gail
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2025 6:18 AM
To: Council Testimony
Cc: Gail Morris
Subject: Communication No. 46 Appointment of Wesley Segawa as Director of the
Department of Environmental Management
Dear Hawaii County Council Members,
I am part of the Puako cone nrnuty which has donated $2.5M and countless volunteer hours over the past decade
to sage Puako Reef by implementing a sever system in Puako. NOW is the tune, and THIS is the administration
that can make it happen. I support the confirmation of Mr. Sagawa as DEM only if lie coirin its to partnering AN ith
the Puako cornnnniity, the Puako for Reefs organization, and the many partners it: has developed through the
years, to implement a sewer systerrr in Puako during his tenure.
After 40 years of s«rimming the Puako Reef I have seen a decline in coral and fish over the years, but the past ten
years have been the worst. It is imperative that all of the cesspools in Puako be closed up and imperative that.
Puako have a sewer systeul.
People live in Hawaii to swim, snorkel and dive in the ocean, Nisitors come to HaNvaii for the ocean. We are
letting our natural bounty and beauty die.
Please allow our Puako reef to revwe and it cannot do so without a sewer system.
Sent. Nvith aloha,
Gail Morris
128 Puako Beach Drive
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