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Thus, I am under the jurisdiction of the laws of my country called Ko Hawaii Pae `Rina, <br /> the Hawaiian Islands. And not the foreign jurisdiction of the State of Hawaii or the <br /> United States of America. So, anyone that dares comes forward on behalf of this sacred <br /> place, this is the way they should be addressing and honoring and humbling themselves <br /> to realize you're actually in the most magnificent spot in multiple universes and waiting <br /> to be realized for those that must understand. There is no more time for what I call kukae <br /> kukae discussions. As much as I know the significance of when I participate in anything, <br /> I enjoy kuka kuka sessions that is pono. So, aloha. Mahalo for allowing me simply to be <br /> the truth and be the voice of the original people of this land and multiple originals <br /> throughout the world. Mahalo. <br /> KAUKA: Aloha, this is staff. May we have the last testifier state your name for the <br /> record, please. <br /> ASAM: My name is Kalani Asam, konohiki of`Iolani Palace. <br /> KAUKA: Mahalo. <br /> KOSSOW: Mahalo. We'll go to Relley, over Zoom. <br /> ARACELEY: Mahalo, Chair. The next testifier you have in Zoom, is Ms. Shannon <br /> Matson. Ms. Matson, if you could unmute your mic and provide your testimony, you'll <br /> have three minutes starting now. <br /> MATSON: Aloha! Mahalo, Commissioners. Mahalo, staff members. I was debating <br /> whether or not to even testify. I know I have provided some input at some of your <br /> meetings, and initially I was feeling like, you know, what you guys have created and <br /> worked so hard on—I don't think I can improve upon it. So, as much as there's parts I <br /> really don't like, that I was just going to let it lie. But after listening to testimony on <br /> Tuesday, I thought of a couple different solutions that I wanted to suggest for your <br /> consideration. And I'm hoping that you can play around with these numbers yourself, and <br /> these lines yourself, at your next meeting and see if you agree. Let me start with what I <br /> do like. What I do like is, I actually like Council 4, in lower Puna. I think that it makes <br /> more sense than our current map has been. I mean, Council 5 was having to <br /> Councilperson 5 was having to represent upper Puna and then all the way down to lower <br /> Puna. It was complicated. This seems much more clean to me, with the lower Puna area <br /> all being together. While I agree with a lot of the testimonies that have come before me <br /> about not splitting up communities, and I was a big advocate from that from the start, I <br /> don't see anyway around it, with Hawaiian Paradise Park at this point. So, my <br /> recommendation would actually be to split Hawaiian Paradise Park further. Right now, <br /> it's just like a corner is being cut off, and it seemed like maybe what you guys were <br /> trying to do is cut the least amount possible to make the numbers work out. And my <br /> recommendation would be, cut it further. Go further down. If we're going to split it, let's <br /> split it and then let's have a representative, a council member that's representing half of <br /> HPP, and another council member that's representing the other half. If you made that <br /> choice to go further down the line thereI think it's almost another thousand bodies that <br /> 4 <br />