Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka Polokalamu Hoʻonui a me ka Mitigation Program (EEMP) kaulana o Kaleponi ma $7 miliona ma ka 2013-14 State Budget ma o ke kānāwai i pūlima ʻia e Kiaʻāina Jerry Brown i kēia lā. ʻO kēia wale nō ke kālā kōkua kūloko o ka mokuʻāina no ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale no kēia makahiki kālā.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana o ke kālā EEMP he mea hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia i ka waihona kālā mokuʻāina, ʻike ʻia ka nūhou maoli e pili ana i nā loli mau i ka EEMP, a me ka hana ʻana i kahi papahana hou e hiki ke hāʻawi i nā haʻawina hoʻokūkū no nā kumuwaiwai leʻaleʻa.
ʻO ke ana i pūlima ʻia e Kāpena Brown (Senate Bill 99) e hoʻoponopono hou i nā mea o ka EEMP, penei:
1. Ke neʻe nei ka hoʻokele ʻana o ka EEMP mai ke Keʻena ʻOihana Hoʻokele a i ke Keʻena ʻĀina Kūlohelohe. He lanakila nui kēia no ke kaiāulu mālama i 20 mau makahiki i ka hana ʻana. Ma ke ʻano he papahana paʻa o ka ʻOihana, manaʻo mākou i kekahi mau loli - pono ia mau mea a pau e pōmaikaʻi i nā mea hāʻawi a me nā mea noi. Loaʻa kēia i ka hoʻokō ʻana mai ka Agency e hoʻokele i nā ʻaelike ma ke ʻano he haʻawina a ʻaʻole ʻaelike. A me ke kālā e kākoʻo i kahi kūlana manawa piha i loko o ka Agency no kēia papahana.
2. E kālele nui ana ka EEMP i ke kālā kālā ʻāina waiwai a me nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. Mai ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai, ua kākoʻo pū ka EEMP i nā papahana "ʻoliʻoli ma ke alanui" (ʻo ia hoʻi nā paka a me nā ala). Wehe ʻia kēia mau papahana mai ka EEMP a loaʻa kālā ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. No laila, e ho'ēmi ʻia ka haʻawina makahiki i ka EEMP mai $10 miliona a i $7 miliona (he uku liʻiliʻi no nā ʻāpana ʻelua i koe, no ka mea, ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haʻawina ʻoliʻoli ma ke alanui he 35% o nā papahana kālā āpau i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala).
3. E 'ae 'ia nā paka a me nā ala le'ale'a e ho'okūkū no ka ipu nui o ke kālā i ho'okumu 'ia ma lalo o ka Active Transportation Program, 'o ia ka mea nui o ka SB 99. E hā'awi ana kēia Polokalamu i ka ho'onui 'ia he 30% o ka loa'a kālā o ka moku'āina no nā papahana. e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā huakaʻi i hoʻokō ʻia e ka holo kaʻa a me ka hele wāwae ma Kaleponi, e hoʻonui i ka palekana a me ka neʻe ʻana no nā mea hoʻohana kaʻa ʻole, a e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā ʻoihana kūloko e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻēmi kinoea. ʻO nā papahana i kūpono i ke kālā ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o nā ala paikikala hou, nā ala hele wāwae, nā ala leʻaleʻa, a me nā paka. E hoʻolako kālā ʻia ka Active Transportation Program me $124 miliona ma ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, a loaʻa i kahi papahana hoʻokūkū kūloko a me ka papahana hoʻokūkū mokuʻāina. Pono e hoʻohana ʻia he iwakāluakūmālima pakeneka o nā kālā no nā papahana e pōmaikaʻi ai i nā kaiāulu pilikia.
E hoʻomohala ana ka Natural Resources Agency a me California Transportation Commission i nā alakaʻi alakaʻi i nā pule e hiki mai ana. E hoʻomau ʻo California ReLeaf i kēia kaʻina hana, a paipai i ka Pūnaewele e hāʻawi i ka manaʻo lehulehu no nā kikoʻī ʻelua e hiki mai ana.
ʻO ka hope, a e like me nā manawa a pau, ʻo ka pilina ka pōhaku kumu o kā mākou holomua. A ʻaʻole e hiki mai kēia moʻolelo kūleʻa me ka ʻole o ka hana nui a ka Nā Ala Palekana i nā Kula Lahui, TransForm, ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā ala ala, Nature Conservancy, Trust no ka Aina Aupuni, Trust Forest Forest, A me ka Ka Aha Kuleana Aina o Kaleponi.