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COTTLE: They are right about here. <br /> <br />BOWMAN: Thank you. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Okay. Any further questions? Thank you for your testimony. Mikahala? <br /> <br />ROY: IÓm going to ask if Chuck can go first. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Oh, okay. Mr. Flaherty? <br /> <br />FLAHERTY: Good afternoon, again, Members of the Planning Commission. Aelbert <br />Mahina Aehegma had asked me to read this; he left us, left meeting earlier, so he asked me to <br />read this into testimony. Uh, itÓs written very small. <br /> <br />This is testimony by Aelbert Aehegma, consultant for the Klana Huli Honua, now pro bono. <br /> <br />Kamakahonu, the Kamakahonu area including the rock AhuÒena Heiau stands on and is claimed <br />by the new owners of King Kamehameha Beach Hotel. However, there are unresolved issues. <br />One, the high watermark to west of the AhuÒena Heiau has been changed by a southerly facing <br />seawall. Previously, high tides could pass by the heiau and into the beach area. Therefore, no <br />building ownership is possible below the high water mark. Also, a cement path above the beach <br />causes the high water mark to change. I have seen the series of maps of the Kamakahonu area as <br />consultant for the Klana Huli Honua, and noted how the maps changed as historic <br />phaku/stones were moved and removed. <br /> <br />There is one letter claiming the beach was manmade; therefore, the high water mark did not <br />apply when a previous resort owner wished to build the pool area and other renovations. The <br />incursion historically on this most sacred crown land continues, unabated. <br /> <br />The lÒau grounds are built on a pond and burial. There are iwi, sacred to the Hawaiians, still on <br />the grounds. The HawaiÒi Historical Society, the Hawaiian people and the community are not <br />represented on the board dominating the care of AhuÒena Heiau. The hotel would never have <br />been built on this crown land, if the Hawaiians and community could not guide the care of this <br />Kamakahonu area. There is a large shadow on this Special Management Area Permit permitting <br />commercial interests. Please refuse their application. <br /> <br />WATANABE: Okay, thank you. <br /> <br />(Mikahala Roy circulated a map and photos to the Commission.) <br /> <br />ROY: Aloha Kakou. I am Mikahala Roy of P. O. Box 2388 Kealakekua, <br />HawaiÒi, 96750. I am a Kahu of AhuÒena Heiau, a title inherited by my father and from my <br />father, David Kahelemauna Roy Jr. who led the restoration of this temple for ÒOiwi and for the <br />world. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT C <br />9 <br /> <br />