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From: Malina Keawe <br /> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 7:56 PM <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Cc: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: OPPOSE: Item 1, Rules 8 &9 <br /> Aloha Leeward and Windward Planning Commission, Please oppose agenda item 1 , the Planning <br /> Department's Shoreline Setback of 40 feet for Rules 8 and 9. 1 oppose it due to: - Lack of descriptive <br /> detail in Rules 8 and 9 - Rule 8: the inadequate setback requirements while Oahu and Maui commit to <br /> 60-130 feet setback, further aligning with Hawai'i State's Climate Resilient initiatives. - Disregarding <br /> our Native Hawaiian people with Hawai'i County Planning Department proposing weak archaeological <br /> rules that will not protect cultural and historic sites. - These changes seem to benefit the usual <br /> suspects of private owners, corporations, and offshore investors without carefully considering our <br /> local communities' well-being and the protection of our natural and cultural resources. These written <br /> rules, as they stand, hold too many loopholes. Therefore, Item 1, Rules 8 & 9, should NOT pass. <br /> Thank you for this opportunity, <br /> Dana Keawe <br /> 96749 <br /> i <br />