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November 20, 20(17
Honorable Ycle Hutl'uwnu, t.iuu+pcrsun
Hawaii County Comtcil
333 Kilauea Avenue
Hiles Har~•aPi 957?0
Subject Bill 51 Mood Management
SECON6 REABfNG -SUPPORT PASSAGE NOW
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I want to thank the Mayor Kim and his administration for their efforts to work with the Council towards a
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required a double cll'ori by the Engineering Division to discuss, prepare, and revise documents. In parliculaz, I
commend to von the work of Galen Kuba, who has assisted two council members offering different versions of
the bill, while simultaneously incoq><rraturg the input arrd rocornmeredauons of the professional design
unnarmuty. It ~,ticutd in; ?u ur,drr,talt;u;cul to w+y, lh+s has provcu to Ix, uu c~ln;ux,ly dditcult task.
I have written to Mayor Kim on several occasions in the last few months as work on the hood management
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responded [o me with the following important statement
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h takes a significant effort to incorporate competing interests in a balanced way drat really serves the highest
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the proposals put 1'orward,~until Mr. Kuba helped find awin/win solution with language that required buffer
cones along drainage ways.
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moving forward. 1 will cartinue to urge d+c Council U> lake a profcssiou:,rl approach in developing legislation,
attempt to evaluate dre unintended consequences before acting, assess the cosUbenefit aspects, and then let it
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We train our children not to make major decisions at dre last minult; or in a rushed way. We should apply the;
satue principle iu County govciruneut. Ate older friwtd of wiuc aucc; said to me, "W?ry is it we ucvet have time
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your paliuace with us from the professional design cn+nnnmity,
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