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Murashige, Laura <br /> From: palmtree7@earthlink.net <br /> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:26 PM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us; Ford, Brenda; Pilago, K. Angel <br /> Subject: Please support Bill 51 (Draft4) Relating to Stormwater Management <br /> Re: Bill 51 (Draft4) Relating to Stormwater Management Amends Chapter 27, Flood Control, <br /> Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition), as Amended, Relating to Stormwater Management . <br /> {Updates Chapter 27 to conform with Federal Insurance program standards and increases <br /> regulation of flood areas <br /> <br /> Aloha, Councilpersons: <br /> First, I would like to thank and congratulate Councilwoman Ford for taking the lead on <br /> this issue which is critical to public health and safety as well as environmental - <br /> integrity. And her willingness to fight for this legislation while being able to listen <br /> and compromise with those interested of varying views on the issue, yet maintaining her <br /> initial premise of land and safety protection, is laudable. <br /> I have an ag-based business in Holuoloa. I have seen first-hand what happens when the land <br /> is graded Willy-nilly (and without permit or oversight), when rain carries soil from land <br /> that is overly bulldozed, and what a subdivision created by those who have no knowledge or <br /> care for natural forces can do to adjacent land and connected ecosystems (including <br /> nearshore reefs affected by runoff). One look no further than the runoff debacles <br /> (especially ocean degradation) created by Hokulia over the last several years to see what <br /> can happen when steep, previously natural land is wrenched and re-arranged by bulldozers. <br /> <br /> This bill represents a well-thought out, well-intentioned, akamai plan that will better <br /> insure that important federal laws are followed so that loss to life and property due to <br /> improper land use is minimized. <br /> <br /> This legislation should be embraced by all of those people interested in maintaining <br /> <br /> public safety and environmental integrity while fairly and intelligently using their land. <br /> <br /> Mahalo for your consideration of my views on this matter. <br /> <br /> Best regards, <br /> <br /> Janice Palma-Glennie - <br /> PO Box 4849 <br /> Kailua-Kona, HI 96745 <br /> r- <br /> c::; <br /> L <br /> C] <br /> ( - <br /> ~_.a <br /> .1 <br /> 1 <br /> Comm. No. ~7~i. ~ 3 <br /> t Ref. To:-'r~'°~~- <br /> Ref. Dote ~u~ 19 ~UU~ <br /> <br />