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From: V M
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Resolution 233NIS JUL 22 PH € °
Date: Sunday,July 21,2019 1:05:25 PM
Aloha,
I strongly urge you to vote NO on Resolution 233, which asks Governor Ige to impose a 60
day moratorium on construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea.
The backers of the Thirty Meter Telescope have gone through a 10 year process to obtain the
permits construction permits. The courts have ultimately upheld their right to do the latter thus
far. In short, the TMT project has done everything that they were required to do.
The 60 day moratorium proposed by Senator Kai Kahele is simply political grandstanding.
The TMT's CDUP permit has a expiration date of September 26, 2019. If this moratorium is
put in place, it would end uncomfortably close to the CDUP mandated deadline to start
construction.
I strongly believe this would give the State of Hawaii a black eye as far any future investment,
and raise questions about the future of astronomy on Maunakea.
Sincerely,
Vernon Medeiros
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Ref. Date JUL 2 3 2019