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From: Hannah Hartmann <br /> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 1:12 PM <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Cc: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: OPPOSE: Item 1, Rules 8 &9 <br /> Aloha e Leeward and Windward Planning Commission, <br /> Please oppose agenda item 1, the Planning Department's Shoreline Setback of 20 - 40 feet for Rules 8 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 setback, further <br /> aligning with Hawai'i State's Climate Resilient initiatives. <br /> - Disregarding our Native Hawaiian people with Hawai'i County Planning Department proposing weak <br /> 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 investors <br /> without carefully considering our local communities' well-being and the protection of our natural and cultural <br /> resources. <br /> These written rules, as they stand, hold too many loopholes. Therefore, Item 1, Rules 8 & 9, should NOT <br /> pass. <br /> Mahalo for this opportunity, <br /> i <br />