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And to hear that there is going to be some fishponds and there is going to be a development on these fishpond that at once in our past provided the amount of necessities our kupuna and our ancestors needed to survive, to think that right across street were families that had dwelled in that area and had used those ponds for resources who have never been tapped for our knowledge, we have never been tapped for our information, and it saddens me. Because we would have more than likely been willing to help, because its a part of our community, whether we are Hawaiian Homes or we are right across the street. We know about Arnotts, Arnotts is there. And although I myself may not agree with everything that has been done I do applaud him on his ability to come to the community and let us know whats going on, and asking what do we need from him, or what can we add to the type of business that he runs. For me, on behalf of my family sitting here, I see the necessity for evolution. It is a part of a culture, it is a part of how we as native Hawaiians evolve into where we are. But at the same time there are a lot of issues that are concerning human impact and activity that is going to take place, one, concerning our tsunami zone. When we went to build out new house, there were a lot ofthingsandalotofredtapeinflooding,theamountoffeetwehadtobeawayfromtheroadin order to have a foundation, rather than going up on post and pier. There were a lot of things that we needed to educate ourselves as Hawaiians as well so that the rest of our community could understand what it takes to put a development in an area so inundated by natural compositions. So I am familiar with a lot of the things, as far as the red tape and the policies that need to take place when erecting a building in the Hawaii County jurisdiction. But Im also concerned about my kids and where theyre going to go when this development goes up; and there is a tsunami warning and it is locally generated. Because history tells us like Halapepe or Halape when the volcano erupted or when the volcano shook that pieces of land fell and there was no time for a lot of people to make it up to higher ground; and thats just history thats telling us that. Should that happen to Keaukaha, which is possible, with the amount of earthquakes that weve received in the last month, whats going to happen when those developers dont know where to go? What kind of education these people, that are going to live on this property, have received about the environment that theyre going to dwell in and theyre going to live in? We as a community havent seen any of these palapala, we havent seen any of this paperwork. And although it may seem that were aggressive and were abrasive, its not so much. Its because it starts to endanger our community as well, because we have -. We have to feel for these people, were going to want to help them. But if we dont know that theyre coming in and were not forewarn about another family that we could possibly take care of when these disasters come, we cant control the environment, but we can control a community. And all Im asking is to look at some of the history thats going to be surrounded in this area environmentally as well as community. Because theres no paperwork that Ive seen that has come towards our mailbox or towards our driveways that said, hey, we want to come onto your community, what do we do and how do we get you to help us, or will you be able to help us? 11EXHIBIT A