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L. MCMICHAEL: Aloha, my name is Lokelani McMichael. I reside in the Holualoa Ahupua`a.
<br /> Yeah, please reject the extension, extended permit. We don't need five stories to make it bigger
<br /> than anything that's there right now, considering Banyan Tree and Bali Kai are four stories. So,
<br /> why are we going bigger? In 2010, they already found an iwi, a skull, a small skull in front of
<br /> the Bali Kai, and they found a headless body at Gates. So, this property is in the middle. It was,
<br /> they got the permit in 2007. They found the iwi-s in 2010. So, for sure, there's gotta be iwi
<br /> kupuna on this property. I don't see why there wouldn't. And how would we know where they
<br /> are when it's traditional to bury people secretly; we don't know where all the bodies are. So, I
<br /> mean, they have surf contests, and there's bones. There's, there's pieces of bones everywhere.
<br /> My dad built, he helped build the Bali Kai Hotel, and they said they were finding fragments of
<br /> bones like every day, and they had to call the priest to come collect it in a box. There's a body
<br /> that's still buried supposedly underneath the office at the Bali Kai also. With all the trouble
<br /> we've had, I mean, the residents there, the poor residents that are trying to keep their condos that
<br /> are already there, by building these, they have all these seawalls that are already falling into the
<br /> ocean, and last time they tried to repair it, they put up all these tarps, and a lot of the tarps were
<br /> left there with the endangered sea turtles that they killed and covered and the place stunk, and out
<br /> by Kamoa Point, people were getting attacked by sharks. So, the dead turtles were bringing in
<br /> the sharks to clean it up.
<br /> So, the damage to the property is only surface, but I mean it's a perfect place to bury people
<br /> because of the soft sand. Also, the place is very sacred, Holualoa Bay is very sacred. I think
<br /> there should be more recognition for the chiefesses that ruled there. It's Keolonahihi,
<br /> Keakamahana and Keakealaniwahine should really —all, a lot of my friends think it should be
<br /> a park, maybe with their names on it. Something to signify the history that's there.
<br /> Parking is also such a problem, especially during the high surf. Often, I have to park, if I want to
<br /> go to Banyans, I have to park across the street at Keolonahihi and walk down there. There's not
<br /> really any sidewalks. We just walk along the side of the road. And if you look, if you go down
<br /> there, you'll see that everywhere is no parking here, no parking there, tow-away zones. This
<br /> property that they want to build the five stories on, it already, you can park five spaces, so that's
<br /> going to take away five more parking zones.
<br /> Yeah, it's just not a good idea. I don't see why, if it, I think it's a mistake building condos on the
<br /> best surf breaks, and I don't see people on Oahu proposing, yeah, five stories on Pipeline
<br /> because it's such a great spot to surf. So, please don't build it. It's bad enough. It's bad enough
<br /> watching my friends get chased out. The same day, my mom and I were in front of the Banyan
<br /> Tree, looking at all the tarps, and a couple of people on the top story told us to get out of there
<br /> and sic their husband on us and chased us from Banyan Tree all the way north to where Da Poke
<br /> Shack is now. Yeah, it's great getting chased by someone's big husband, fuzzy chest, no t-shirt.
<br /> And same day, we saw Billy Kenoi get a parking ticket also. So, it's not enough space down
<br /> there for this project. Thank you.
<br /> LINGER: Thank you.
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