HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-02-22 Letter to Karl Rhoads and Glenn Wakai SB 464, SD1 Relating to Private Property
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Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
February 22, 2019
Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair
Senator Glenn Wakai, Vice Chair
Committee on Judiciary
Dear Chair Rhoads, Vice Chair Wakai, and Committee Members:
RE: SB 464, SD1 Relating to Private Property
Albizia is an attractive but extremely dangerous invasive species. It is hazardous for residents,
travelers, first responders, and anyone in the vicinity of its brittle limbs.
SB 464, SD1, is an attempt to allow landowners, adjacent to a property that has albizia, to take action
to deal with the danger, but within clearly defined limits. The language can surely be further refined in this
Committee and during the legislative process, but the concept is worthy of endorsement—laws should be
passed that are good for the community and that are limited so as to assure minimal infringement of the rights
of others.
I hope you will act favorably on SB 464, SD1.
Respectfully Submitted,
Harry Kim
MAYOR