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Caseria, Susan
From: Brenda Ford [bford@co.hawaii.hi.us]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 8:32 AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: FW: testimony
Brenda Ford
Hawaii County Council
75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808)326-5684
bford@co. hawaii. hi. us
From: Tom & Lynn Langenstein [mailto:konashiatsu@earthlink.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:46 AM
To: BFord@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: KAPilago@co.hawaii.hi.us; jjaco@co.hawaii.hi.us; PHoffmann@co.hawaii.hi.us; dikeda@co.hawaii.hi.us;
dyagong@co.hawaii,hi.us; enaeole@co.hawaii.hi.us; jyoshimoto@co.hawaii.hi.us; shiga@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: testimony
May 15, 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 standard to the 100-year flood standard.
• bringing specific requirements from the County's General Plan, Section 5. Flooding and Natural Hazard, 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
maukalmakai "historic ditches' that only flow intermittently during high rainfall events.
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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.
Sincerely,
Tom Langenstein
5/15/2007