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Caseria, Susan
From: Paul Koehler [akpkkoeh@Hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:51 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: Pilago, K. Angel; Ford, Brenda; Yoshimoto, J; Naeole, Emily; Yagong, Dominic; Ikeda, Donald; Hoffmann, Pete;
Higa, Stacy; Jacobson, Bob
Subject: Re: Please help support Brenda Ford and Pete Hoffmann
Paul Koehler wrote:
May 14, 2007
Aloha Chairperson Ford and members of the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee,
I am writing in support of amending Bill 51 as proposed in Communication 176.35 from Brenda Ford.
Specifically, I support:
• placing strict limits on the amount of development that can occur on slopes that are 10% or greater.
• raising the requirements in Chapter 27 from the 10-year flood standazd to the 100-yeaz flood
standazd.
• bringing specific requirements from the County's General Plan, Section 5. Flooding and Natural
Hazazd, into Chapter 27, the County's Floodplain Management law
• requiring the creation of an integrated electronic informational database•that will accessible to all
County agencies and the general public.
• requiring 30-year old flood maps to be updated and expanded to include not only FEMA flood
channels, but numerous mauka/makai "historic ditches" that only flow intermittently during high
rainfall events.
Finally, I oppose Communication 176.40 from Public Works Director Bruce McClure requesting
postponement of the above amendments being proposed by Council members Brenda Ford and Pete
Hoffmann.
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