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fact, we have a letter from the Board indicating that they had attempted to negotiate with Mr. Soto to mitigate the adverse impacts of his condo from the beginning and it was not going well. Negotiations have not been successful was their words. We just wanted to express our concern about two things. One is the -, a very narrow driveway which the Soto development has proposed which doesn't meet the County's Department of Public Works recommendation, as well as this possibility of an on-site wastewater treatment plant. And if the Board is, in fact, in negotiations with Soto, what I would like to do is simply to say that we will reserve our comments for the next hearing, pending the successful, hopefully, outcome of those discussions. But I wanted just to raise your -, the concern of the wastewater treatment plant as well as the driveway at this time. Thank you very much. FUJIKAWA:Commissioners, any questions to Sarah? If not, Lunakanawai, you may -. State your full name and your address, please.. HAUANIO:Aloha, Mr. Chair. Aloha, Commissioners, thank you. My name is ` Lunakanawai Hauanio, and my address is Post Office Box 871, Captain Cook 96704. ` And this area, in particular, we have a growing concern about the adverse impact of our shorelines. We believe that the continuous construction of this type and magnitude continues to adversely impact the subsistence of the Hawaiian community. The water quality, in today's West Hawaii newspaper, Harry Kim article, depicts the same concerns, and until those issues have been resolved, I ask that the Commissioners take my testimony for this particular agendized item and, without objections, to have my testimony apply to all of the agendized items before the Council. Point one on the concerns is we have a growing depletion of our natural resources within this Kailua area. The quality and the quantity of the sea life, more particularly the quality, is becoming a level of -. I don't know if you folks eat wana or you guys collect kpe'e, but the taste is not the same anymore, you know. These kinds of developments is cumulative. And until the County comes up with clear and concise and unambiguous language as to how they're going to protect our subsistence, this process should stay far off of any approval. The second is the religious and the sanctuaries of Hawaii. The aloha spirit in Hawaii is being `` bombarded with all kinds of interpretations, and because of those all kinds of interpretations, we have a lot of animosities amongst our neighbors because we lack clear understanding of what the rules are on how we are to live with each other. People come to Hawaii and they see ` this kinds of infrastructure and they say, oh, where is Hawaii? Well, until the languages are ` corrected within the policies of the Planning Department, as well as the clear implementation of the constitutional provision which the final ruling of Judge Ibarra in the Hklia case clearly defines that gross neglect has occurred by the County and the State of Hawaii in regards to ` protecting constitutional laws, rules, regulations, until those things are resolved, this Council should stay far away from approving any adverse impact on Hawaiian subsistence. 5