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Support Comm. 176.35-Oppose Comm. 176.40 Page 1 of 1 <br /> Caseria, Susan <br /> From: Janice Palma-Glennie [palmtree7@hawaiiantel.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:53 AM <br /> To: county council testimony <br /> Cc: Ford, Brenda; Pilago, K. Angel; Hoffmann, Pete <br /> Subject: Support Comm. 176.35-Oppose Comm. 176.40 <br /> Importance: High <br /> Support Comm. 176.35-Oppose Comm. 176.40 <br /> Aloha Chairperson Ford and members of the Public Works and Intergovernmental Relations Committee: <br /> I am writing in support of amending Bill 51 as proposed in Communication 176.35 from Councilperson Ford. <br /> Specifically I support: <br /> I) placing strict limits on the amount of development that can occur on slopes that are ] 0% or greater. <br /> 2) raising the requirements in Chapter 27 from the ] 0-year flood standard to [he 100-year flood standard. <br /> <br /> 3) bringing specific requirements from the County's General Plan, Section 5. Flooding and Natural Hazard, into Chapter 27, the County's Floodplain <br /> Management law <br /> 4) requiring the creation of an integrated electronic informational database that will accessible to all County agencies and the general public. <br /> 5) 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 <br /> only flow intermittently during high rainfall events. <br /> Communication 176.40 from Public Works Director Bruce McClure requesting postponement of the above amendments being proposed by Council members <br /> Brenda Ford and Pete Hoffmann should be nixed by this committee. <br /> Mahalo for your consideration of my views on this topic of dire importance to our island ecosystem, economy, and way of life. <br /> <br /> Best regards, <br /> <br /> Janice Palma-Glennie <br /> PO Box 4849 <br /> Kailua-Kona, HI 96745 <br /> Cc~m~r~. _ ~ 7 to . ~ <br /> O <br /> k~x. l~, ~~P~Mj <br /> t~Ra <br /> I'taf. Uu::; MAY ] [~3=__ <br /> 5/15/2007 <br /> <br />