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July 12, 2019
The Honorable David Y. Ige
Governor of the State of Hawaii
Executive Chambers
State of Hawai'i
Honolulu, HI 96813
Dear Governor Ige,
I humbly ask you to delay the current schedule of developing the Thirty Meter
Telescope (TMT) on Maunakea.
My request for a delay of up to thirty days are for the following reasons:
• To convene a meeting of key organizations and individuals from the
Native Hawaiian community to further involve them on the issues of
Maunakea and find a better way forward (suggested participants would
include the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands, Royal Order of Kamehameha, Lili'uokalani Trust and the Native
Hawaiian Education Council).
• To give all individuals, including that of business and responders,
additional time to prepare for possible impacts of the events relating to
TMT.
• To establish a more comprehensive and timely information dissemination
system for planned events of the development of TMT.
I fully commit to helping, in any way, should you decide to pursue this request.
I realize the lateness of my request and the difficulty of where we are. I ask for
you to understand that the only goal is to have these issues resolved in a best way
possible for the people of this Island and State.
Respectfully,
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HARRY KIM
Mayor
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