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From: Diane Piela <br /> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 6:57 PM <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Cc: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: OPPOSE: Item 1, Rules 8 &9 <br /> Aloha Leeward and Windward Planning Commission, <br /> Please oppose agenda item 1, the Planning Department's Shoreline Setback of 40 feet for Rules 8 <br /> and 9. <br /> 1 oppose it due to: <br /> - Lack of descriptive detail in Rules 8 and 9 <br /> - Rule 8: the inadequate setback requirements while Oahu and Maui commit to 60-130 feet <br /> setback, further aligning with Hawai'i State's Climate Resilient initiatives. <br /> - Disregarding our Native Hawaiian people with Hawai'i County Planning Department proposing <br /> weak archaeological rules that will not protect cultural and historic sites. <br /> - These changes seem to benefit the usual suspects of private owners, corporations, and offshore <br /> investors without carefully considering our local communities' well-being and the protection of our <br /> natural and cultural resources. <br /> These written rules, as they stand, hold too many loopholes. Therefore, Item 1, Rules 8 Et 9, should <br /> NOT pass. <br /> Thank you for this opportunity, <br /> Diane Piela <br /> Leslie Greer <br /> Wava Piela <br /> 96740 <br /> 96740 <br /> 96740 <br /> Sent from my iPhone <br /> i <br />