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Page 1 of 1 <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> From: Doug Perrine [perrine@hawaii.rr.com] <br /> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 4:29 PM "1 ~ r, <br /> To: County Council <br /> Subject: Bill 51 testimony <br /> <br /> Dear Councilmembers: <br /> <br /> Like many members of our community, I stand to be personally affected by the action you take on the <br /> <br /> revision of Chapter 27 floodplain management regulations. <br /> In November 2000, my house and the house of my next-door neighbor were damaged by flooding from <br /> what I believe was a 10-year storm event. To my shock I discovered that what appeared to be storm <br /> sewer drains in the neighborhood into which I had moved aze merely dry wells that become inoperative <br /> whenever they fill up with debris. As there is no regulaz maintenance of these dry wells, and as some aze <br /> constructed in such a way that they cannot be cleaned without great difficulty, there is never any <br /> guazantee that the wells will function at all, which would mean no mitigation of storm runoff whatsoever <br /> in my neighborhood. I have learned that this situation is not at all unusual in West Hawaii. As more and <br /> more land mauka of us is covered with impermeable surface, many of us tremble with fear that the next <br /> big rainfall could cause the destruction of our homes and belongings. I have been forced to spend <br /> thousands of dollazs in mitigation measures on my own property to protect my house, but these will be <br /> totally inadequate in the event of a major storm. <br /> I urge the council to adopt the proposals of members Hoffman and Ford to strengthen the floodplain <br /> management ordinance ABOVE the minimum NFIP standazds, which appeaz to me to be seriously <br /> inadequate. The tragic events in Kauai and New Orleans have demonstrated cleazly the risks of failing to. <br /> plan ahead and take strong action to prevent disaster when the inevitable big storms come. Please be <br /> responsible and do not expose me and my ohana to this risk, which increases with every new <br /> development in the floodplain. <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Doug Perrine <br /> Doug Perrine <br /> 76-223 Haoa St. <br /> Kailua-Kona HI 96740 U.S.A. <br /> +1 (808) 329-4523 <br /> Comm. No. 11G' f 3~- <br /> Ref. To• a"""''~ unu t <br /> Ref. Date JUL 1 Q 2007 <br /> 7/9/2007 <br /> <br />