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PALMA-GLENNIE: Aloha, Commissioners. My name is Janice Palma-Glennie. I'm testifying on behalf of the Surfrider Foundation's Kona Kai Ea Chapter today. I am living in Kailua-Kona. Our mission is to protect and enjoy oceans and water waves. Our concern with the proposed zoning changes are the impacts that they'll have on our State's waters and other natural and cultural resources, especially in those, especially if those changes include a hotel conference center. An environmental attorney, as environmental attorney David Kimo Frankel wrote in his testimony to the Planning Director regarding his proposal, "The Kona coastline should remain free from urbanization to the maximum extent possible." In fact, that's what 90 percent of thousands of Kona Community Development Plan stakeholders said at years-long,ci arrettes and hearings that led the creation of CDP, which is County law. "Keeping development mauka of the highway protects water quality and scenic vistas" points also resoundingly agreed upon by residents during each of the landmark development battles our community has fought and won' -Over several decades, some within a stone's throw of the airport. Protected public lands like `O`oma,`'a Conservation zone treasure whose protection was won after 20 years of community struggles. It's adjacent, or less than a mile from the airport. `O`oma is now thankfully protected as a County park, but'b,ecause of lack of management funding, its natural resources are threatened. This is also true�of K. kaha Kai State Park, which is on the airport's boundary. And it's true;