2023-04-06 Windward Exh A (Public Testimony re Agenda Item 2)

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moved here to Hawaii I worked for the Spatial Data Analysis and Visualization lab the SDAV Lab under Dr. Ryan Perroy at UH and I was part of the Coastal Erosion Susceptibility Analysis. I know firsthand that the Hamakua Coast is one of the quickest receding coastlines that we have here on this `aina and so I'm really concerned about the building that one corner. But mostly just the entire main building being only 60 feet or less than a 100 feet away from the coastline. Then my second biggest concern in my undergrad was I studied Wild and Soil Science and so soil is alive, it's an ecosystem and keeping it on site is one of the best things that we can do. They plan to excavate 12,000 cubic yards and if that does need to happen, we need to figure out a way where that soil can be utilized and put back into our ecosystem and that fertility kept in a way that's regenerative. Mahalo, I think those are my two main concerns. Thank you for being there today. LIN: Thank you for your testimony. Next, I have Terri Napeahi. Hi Terri, if you could please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Windward Planning Commission? [Cellphone speaking indecipherable] Phones nowadays. NAPEAHI: Thank you. My name is Terri Napeahi. I'm here representing some and a few voices of our Hawaiian community. I just wanted to disclose that I'm a Planning Department employee as a Planner and I just wanted to disclose that I am off from work now and I'm here as a public member to discuss some of the concerns that our community, our Hawaiian community had questions of. I know, Na`eha and I had short chat with her about the concerns of our community with the use that was publicized in the Hawaii Tribune Herald. Calling their okolehao product"traditional Hawaiian okolehao" and it was just something that I wanted to bring to the Commissioners ears about the use of it. Using the word"traditional Hawaii" is probably not correct because okolehao was not used traditionally in our ancient times. It was introduced when Western men arrived here and the processing of distilled alcohol. So that was just something I brought up with Na`eha and she's okay with being considerate about the idea of labeling that because I know that authenticity goes a long way. I do have a company that has a traditional imu and know that they have to take steps to authenticate the advertising of the label "traditional Hawaiian okolehao" and that was my concern. I did talk to her and she's going to take that into consideration. Mahalo. LIN: Thank you, sorry for the technical difficulties. NAPEAHI: Mahalo. LIN: All right, Commissioners, do you have any questions for the testifiers? Seeing none, are there any other testifiers that would like to testify now before any agenda item? Janice, anybody on Zoom? HATA: Yes, we have two testifiers registered here. The first testifier is James Dahlberg. 3 EXHIBIT A