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Murashige, Laura
From: Charles Flaherty [oneheart@aloha.net] 4 ;'1
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:47 PM F~ u"<
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: Ford, Brenda; Hoffmann, Pete; Ikeda, Donald; Jacobson, Bob; Higa, Stacy; Naeole, E?btly; Pilago,
K. Angel; Yagong, Dominic; Yoshimoto, J
Subject: Support Bill 151
Aloha mai members of the County Council,
Mahalo nui to Councilmember Brenda Ford, the Department of Public Works and the Planning Department for
their diligent effort to develop Bill 151 which raises our County's National Flood Insurance Program standards as
recommended by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
I support Bill 151 and believe that it satisfies the Hokuli'a settlement agreement requirement that the County
Administration submit and support a revision to Chapter 27.
I also support the Joint Action Plan proposed by the Department of Public Works in public meetings held earlier
this month in Kona and Hilo.
The Joint Action Plan calls for:
Administrative Actions
• Coordinating input from Department of Public Works, Planning Department, Council, Civil Defense, Soil
and Water Conservation Districts, National Resource Conservation Service, and the community.
• Assessment of personnel and operational needs of Department of Public Works.
• Budgeting resources to accomplish the revisions and DPW needs.
Legislative Actions
• Comprehensive revision of Chapters 10, 23, 25, and 27.
• Budgeting resources to accomplish the revisions.
The proposed Joint Action Plan is the result of six months of public discussion of revisions to Chapter 27. The
discussion process has been a good education for everyone and provides a good basis for moving forward
towards solving many serious problems facing our island's communities.
I hope this Council will support the proposed Joint Action Plan as well.
Sincerely,
Charles Flaherty
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