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<br /> ' Y <br /> Statemerrt. <br /> I Abraham kantakawiwpole make testimony to Hawaii County Council as the author ity <br /> over the 2000 ac~ros on the Hamakua Coas~ of Hawaii petition for the etYectice and <br /> equitable use of the i' nd. From a his~.:rioal and cultural perspective, my family and my <br /> race of people the Native Hawaiian ltas been given the inalienable right to stewardship of <br /> Otis land called Hawaii. It is my birthright to exercise my natural claim to this land. As a <br /> long time resident of the Hamakua Coast it is also my fiduciary responsibility to propose <br /> what I and the community constituency believe to be an effective community based <br /> proposal for the use of the 2000 acres in question. <br /> I have delivered narrative proof of the mismanagement of the Hamakua Coast by local <br /> government in a failure to provide a strategic plan for the etective attd equitable use of <br /> the land. The sugar industry started to phase out its operations in the eazly seventies. For <br /> more than a generatior• the local county government has had time to prepare for this day. <br /> I make my presentation in concept for the effective and equitable use of the land. bfy <br /> petition in this wide format of a memorandum of understanding is presented this day with <br /> the hope that an agreement of understanding and a cooperative spirit might exist behveen <br /> .dl concerned parties for the betterment of the people of the Big Island and [he State of <br /> Hawaii in general. <br /> As cesnfied by: l ' <br /> Abraham Kamakawiwsole Date <br /> <br />