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<br /> 11-'98 SL~~ 11:11 F:~T 80832dSd9i I~j002 <br /> _ • 7 <br /> . y' <br /> :~Ai~AZIAI~T CIVIC. CL~ of HP.MA.YC1'JA ~j=- <br /> fox X58 <br /> ~~onokaa, Hawaii 96727 <br /> P~LIC HRINC - August 28, 1998 5 p.m. <br /> 4418 Acres of lh~lie panels iiz Iiamakua <br /> Aloha Kakou, <br /> T'he Hawaiian Civic Club of Iiarna]s~aa was pr~pa~od to give an oral <br /> testiutoiiy at the August 28, 199 public h~arin~, reg~arda.aiy our input <br /> on what to do with trams 44.8 acres of county '1aa~ds in Hamakua in <br /> reBponse to the resolutioz,s r:~ade by Mayor $rcve Yaanashiro and <br /> Cotamcile~t~ I7omi~ic Yagong but chose to turn in, a writteaz testimony <br /> after hear~r~g what som~c~ of the peofalE load to testify and chai~ma.n <br /> Aaacon Chung nientiouing tk~jat the cousaci.l would ~ti~.l accept vrritten <br /> testi~iony after August ~8, ~,99~ and before t1~e final decision is <br /> made Which might take n-ionthz- <br /> The I-Lawaiials Civic Club of 3~alnakua is a lion-profit Hawaiian. <br /> Orgarsization which leas been i.~ earistence in Hata}cua s~.nc~ ~~aly 2 , <br /> 1937. Our objective axe to encourage th education of the <br /> xawai.ian youth and to p~.i-petuate our F'lawa'i~,~,an tradition and <br /> cultuze_ The specific pu~~cre k~ehixsd thesle objectives is of <br /> ^I~ukul~ Kutnuhaaaa" Which means to Seep watch ',that aZl things are <br /> being dome correctly for ti1:~ ?~€aw~iiara people. This is further <br /> personified with ovr e~otto "U~ Mau Ke ~a 0 Ka Mina I Ka Pono" -The <br /> life of the land is pex-petuated in righteousness _ Our entity is <br /> governed by the F?a°~aai~, Island Council a.~d the State taide <br /> Association of Fiawaiia..u Civic Clubs which is 'represented by mare <br /> than ~6 ~Iawaiian Civic Clubs throughout Hawaii and. II.S_ <br /> The HC~H has bcinc~ part of this community fort a .long tzzne as you <br /> can see a~ad havE participated in the many issues along wa.th <br /> perpetuatixag and protecting oum~ ctal.ture all t~raese yews . we have <br /> hel.peci so ~taany people both Hawaiians and NOI~~hHa.waa,a.agls . T.~7e leave <br /> been recogn;zed as onm of the- outstanding cluk}s in our Council and <br /> Association, Conur~u~zi ty end. ?~gation wide for c~tar contribution and <br /> accontpJ.ashrnenta . <br /> T.~e do have many Rlembers that are not Hawaiian but is HaulaXl.an at <br /> Heart. <br /> F'or s~v~zal years noW ever since the closure of the plantation, we <br /> have beeaa observa.ng and attending meetings r~gardi.ng the various <br /> issues which have ta.}G~rl dace iY1 I~atr~kua . <br /> 1 _ ~x3seacch versus Hclco _ <br /> 2. ~`he Dower Hamakua FiitGh Si.tuation_ <br /> 3 _ I7istr~ution of public state lease Iand~ in Hamakua and its <br /> funding_ <br /> q. ,mod now, what is to take place with these 441 acres of county <br /> lands iPl ~-Iatia-kua _ <br /> <br />