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From: Tlaloc Tokuda <br /> To: LPCtestimonv <br /> Subject: LWPC <br /> Date: Wednesday, May 31,2023 10:25:57 AM <br /> Aloha Leeward and Windward Planning Commission, <br /> Please oppose agenda item 1, the Planning Department's Shoreline Setback of 20-40 feet for <br /> Rules 8 and 9. <br /> I 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 <br /> feet setback, further aligning with Hawai'i State's Climate Resilient initiatives. <br /> Disregarding our Native Hawaiian people with Hawai'i County Planning Department <br /> proposing 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 <br /> offshore investors without carefully considering our local communities'well-being and <br /> the protection of our natural and cultural resources. <br /> These written rules, as they stand, hold too many loopholes. Therefore, Item 1, Rules 8 & 9, <br /> should NOT pass. <br /> Also please ensure Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation <br /> Commission (PONC) funds are NOT taken away and utilized for the <br /> coastal buyback. PONC has been a great community tool to purchase land for the <br /> community. Any Planning Director who tries to take this tool away from the <br /> community is no friend to the community, <br /> Mahalo for your consideration, <br /> tlaloc tokuda <br /> Kailua Kona, HI 96740. <br />