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From: Cory <br /> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2023 12:38 PM <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: for June 2 WPC & LPC <br /> Attachments: temp 2023 6-2 shoreline.docx <br /> attachment is identical <br /> comments for agenda item 1 <br /> for Joint Public Meeting and Hearing of Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions <br /> 9 AM Friday,June 2, 2023, Hawai'i County Council Chambers and ICT <br /> from Cory Harden <br /> Item 1 info https://records.hawaiicounty.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?startid=122851&row=1&dbid=l <br /> Background and Recommendation https://records.hawaiicounty.qov/WebLink/1/doc/122981/Pagel.aspx <br /> Thank you for your volunteer service. <br /> Unfortunately, I had trouble getting information about this issue. I didn't know about this meeting till a friend told me. I'm <br /> not getting e-mail meeting notices, despite repeated contacts with Planning Department and the Mayor's office. I checked <br /> the boards and commissions website, but it did not show this meeting (till I asked)so I assumed the issue had been <br /> postponed. Then it took half on hour to figure out that Planning Department rules and Planning Commission had different <br /> rules, and find up-to-date versions. Links to those rules would have helped. <br /> Page numbers below are from Department Background and Recommendation <br /> https://records.howoiicoun ty.qov/WebLink/1/doc/122981/Poge1.ospx <br /> I support these as protective of the environment <br /> ...removes a proposed provision to allow for a waiver of a public hearing provided no person or agency has <br /> requested a public hearing within twenty-five calendar days p. 1 <br /> ...removes the word"sand"from shoreline hardening along beaches. p. 1 <br /> ...other structures or activities (other than structures and activities listed in Planning Department Rule 11-7)will <br /> need to go before the Planning Commission at a public hearing in order to secure a Shoreline Setback Variance p. <br /> 2 <br /> Adding "sea level rise"to the "coastal hazards"definition pp. 18, 31, 59 <br /> Including construction of a single-family residence on a shoreline parcel as "development" <br /> pp. 31, 33 <br /> I have concerns about these <br /> c) Public Interest Standard. <br /> A variance may also be granted, provided that the proposal is the practicable alternative which best conforms to <br /> the purpose of this rule, and upon a finding that, based upon the record, the proposed structure or activity is <br /> necessary for or ancillary to: <br /> 1) Facilities or improvements by public agencies or public utilities regulated under Chapter 269, HRS, <br /> 2) Private facilities or improvements that are clearly in the public interest p. 25 <br /> 1 <br />