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a cultural advisory committee of lineal descendents and cultural practitioners. The group has
<br />also been working with the community for over a year and has been very responsive to their
<br />concerns by implementing some suggestions into their plans. Cordially yours, Dr. Ted Leaf
<br />and Diane Stone.
<br />RHO: Thank you. Questions for the testifier? None? We can move
<br />on to Lune Hauanio.
<br />HAUANIO: Aloha. Thank you, Commissioners, for giving me this
<br />opportunity to speak.
<br />RHO: I need your address.
<br />HAUANIO: Yes, my address is coming. Yeah, my name is Lunakanawai
<br />Hauanio. My address is Post Office Box 871, Captain Cook. It was, I guess, my second –
<br />it’s been going two years – I guess, Kevin, one of the developer’s workers has been trying to
<br />contact me because I have history in the area, concerns about the cultural and archeological
<br />sites. And so those are my concerns. I’ve been on the advisory board for the, I guess, the
<br />traffic for Laaloa, and hearing some of the information today really helped me structure my
<br />testimony for today.
<br />I guess one of the things that caught my attention and the reason why I’m here is the idea, the
<br />concept, of utilizing some of, I guess, 20 years of my own personal time – I guess, me and
<br />Chris, we go way back – about the things that I felt developers should do when they put
<br />projects, subdivisions in an area that impacts cultural activities.
<br />On the makai side, you have Hokulua Heiau. The developer project is within the ahupuaa of
<br />Kapalaalaea. These, these areas are areas where our, we’ve been, we’ve had a number and a
<br />number of cultural, religious practices that has gone on. And one of our major concerns is
<br />the safety of community; for years, it’s been that. Having been involved with the Hawaii
<br />Hotels Security Association back in the ’80s, we did a disaster management plan for the
<br />Kona Coast. And one of our major concerns was when time comes, we’re in an evacuation,
<br />how do we get them out of the area.
<br />So when I heard about the, you know, the traffic stuff, that kind of concerns me. And of
<br />course, you guys know I’ve been an advocate against a lot of poor development in the past.
<br />But this caught my attention because there were several elements. I mean, you’re losing a lot
<br />of alternatives for energy, water; that really caught my attention. Utilizing, you know,
<br />putting in all the resources as far as keeping the community a community, walk to the park,
<br />walk to -, those ideas, those concepts really caught my attention. I favor that.
<br />One thing that I -, I kind of like to impose on the developer and hope that when – or to Ernie
<br />guys – but I express it with Kevin was today we’ve really got to look at when we do do
<br />approvals, we’ve really got to look at the social impacts as well. We’ve really got to see
<br />whether or not this developer is going to give a fair share contribution that really would
<br />benefit us as a whole. I know we have rules, we have, you know, that the Commissions, they
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