HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0943.010 2008-2010 To: J Yoshimoto, Chair
And Council Members
From: Paul Hoist
81 -1610 Ohe Place
Kealakekua HI 96750
Re: Bill 300 Paragraph H as Amended
Thank you Council Chairman Yoshimoto and all of the Hawaii County Council
members for this opportunity to support the rezoning of TMK 8 -1 -25:11 in bill
300 as amended. My home and residence is on the property directly makai of the
proposed development. These amendments are crucial to our neighborhood safety
and privacy. My area of concern, as addressed in paragraph H of the amended bill,
is flooding.
I have personal knowledge and experience of past flooding in this area. During
November 2007 approximately 6 inches of rain fell in 4 hours in the area. That is
just shy of 600,000 gallons of water falling on the 3.61 acres of land in question.
This flood forced changes in our home design and construction procedures which
we were in the process of building at the time. I, personally, spent an entire day
cleaning up Mamalahoa Highway after this rain storm. Even though this and the
surrounding properties are considered Flood Zone X, that does not mean they are
not subject to flooding. The South Kona Fruit Stand was located in Flood Zone X
and yet received the brunt of the flooding from that storm. Changes to the land
above our neighborhood will change the absorption and flow of water and the
runoff. Asphalt and cement cannot absorb water.
The developer should be required to take all measures necessary to assure the
neighbors that during the construction phase of the development and thereafter
runoff will be contained on the project site and not allowed to flow to the
adjoining properties. I suggest for instance the developer could slow the runoff
with portable cement barriers at the makai portion of the property that can be
removed after completion. Settling ponds would be another method of containing
the runoff during construction and after completion.
The planting of a significant border around the property and a retaining wall on the
makai boundary would be an effective and beautiful neighborhood addition. The
amendments in Paragraph H go a long way to solve this potential problem. I ask
the developer to be the good neighbor and work with us for our personal safety
and the safety of our homes. I ask the council to pass Bill 300 as amended.
Thank you very much
�1 Paul Hoist
Comm. No. 43 a
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Ref. Date OCT 0 6 2010