2023-01-19 Leeward Exh A (Public Testimony re Agenda Items 1, 2 & 3)

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APPLICANT: CHARLES STEVENSON,ANN STEVENSON & JOHN FUMO (PL-REZ- 2022-000035) Application for a Change of Zone from an Agricultural-20 acres (A-20a) to an Agricultural-10 acres (A-10a) zoning district for 22.665 acres of land. The subject property is located at 73-4375 Haleamau Street, approximately 570 feet northeast(mauka) of its intersection with Kaloko Drive, Kaloko Mauka Subdivision, Kaloko,North Kona, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-3-027:003. DEFRANCO: Okay, so, in-person testifiers, do we have any people here that want to testify now or wait for your agenda item? You are going to all wait? We have two that want to testify now, is that right? JACKSON: Chair DeFranco, the pink sheet that you were provided has the testifiers that would like to testify at the beginning of the agenda. DEFRANCO: Okay, so we are going to have Clare Loprissi [Loprinzi]. Yeah, if you want to come up here. You can both come up,why don't you both come up? Okay. And—Cindy Freitas? Okay, great. Please come up, ladies, and sit down, make sure you turn the mic on, and you put it near your voice. We are going to start with Cindy then? And I'm going to swear both of you in—however you want to be sworn in, if you want to stand up, if you want to raise your arm, your hand, or not—hello? LOPRINZL [Inaudible] DEFRANCO: Go ahead and, but we just need to affirm with both of you that you are going to tell the truth today. [Inaudible affirmation] Great,thank you. FREITAS: He mele komo a he mele aloha no na kupuna i ka au i hala. Aloha mai kakou. DEFRANCO: Aloha no. Thank you. FREITAS: Okay, I'm testifying for Item 1, 2, and 3. I'm going to do Number 3 at this moment. Aloha,my name is Cindy Freitas, and I'm a native Hawaiian, descendant of the native inhabitants of Hawaii prior to 1778, born and raised in Hawaii. I'm also a practitioner who still practice the cultural traditional practices that was instilled in me by my grandparents at a young age from mountain to sea. I oppose Item Number 3 for the following reasons. The area consists of federal endangered Hawaiian hoary bats, Hawaiian hawks, `akepa, and Hawaiian creepers above the 3,000-foot level, an essential habitat which falls under the Endangered Species Act. There is no archaeological and cultural studies was conducted of the property due to previous impact by ground disturbance activity associated with the residential development. No archaeological inventory survey has been conducted within the subject parcel, and no historical properties have been previously identified; however, State Historical[sic] Preservation Division request the opportunity to review future permits for the subject property. "Hawai`i Revised Statutes 6E-42 Review of proposed project. (a) before any agency or officer of the State or its political subdivisions approves any project 2 EXHIBIT A