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From: Tanya Souza <br /> To: LPCtestimony;WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: Written Testimony-Proposed Amendments to Planning Commission Rules 8&9 <br /> Date: Wednesday, May 31,2023 2:39:57 PM <br /> Aloha Leeward and Windward Planning Commission, <br /> Please oppose agenda item 1, the Planning Department's Shoreline Setback of 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 /> Thank you for this opportunity, <br /> Tanya M.D. Souza, M.A. <br /> 96740 <br />