2023-06-02 DRAFT Joint Meeting Exh A (Public Testimony)

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Secretary's Note: [indecipherable] indicates that there were technical and/or internet difficulties, which made the conversation inaudible. LIN: Okay, starting with any in-person testifiers? I don't see anybody here in the Hilo Chambers. So, if not I'll move to Zoom testifiers. So, Janice can we please start with the first Zoom testifier. HATA: Yes. Good morning Chair, our first testifier is Simmy McMichael. LIN: Okay. HATA: Simmy, if you could unmute and turn your camera on and you have three (3) minutes. MCMICHAEL: Okay, can you hear me? HATA: Yes. MCMICHAEL: Aloha, my name is Simmy McMichael of Kailua-Kona. I find this bill that you're presenting here totally overwhelming. This is so much detail. Back in 2010 I attended the DLNR— State public hearing on all these matters when all these bills were changed. This is too much! I submitted 15 pages of a lot of photos of how Ali`i Drive the sea level has already risen and with this presentation today it is giving the Planning Department and Director the authority when it should be public. This is a whole issue of the shoreline and the historical preservation of it and like Page 52. The Director may waive certified shoreline survey and considerable distance. What is considerable distance? When we get the SMA Minor Permit and Major Permit it clarifies is the minor, but it give the Planning authority to distinguish the Major. The Major is $500,000.00 plus and it conflicts with the structure of 7,500 square feet. But it's a lot of like 77 you waive the public hearing. This is a public issue. It should be Sunshine Law especially of our beaches. Since 1986 West Hawaii Surfing Association, I had been the forefront on our sea walls in our main surfing spot. This is wahi pana. This is our cultural natural resources of surfing. All these structures on the oceanfront are going to go down and to allow the Planning Department and not the County Council to makes these crucial decisions is wrong and the average person doesn't understand, and this is making it complicated for me also. So, I would, please, liked you to do what you are supposed to do and take it to a public workshop so that all of us can understand how this will affect us moving along in the future. When I contested cases, [indecipherable] — HATA: Thirty (30) seconds. MCMICHAEL: —you can see clearly that they wanted to use the 20 feet. You know it's 40 feet now. In my testimony I showed you that the other islands had moved to 60 to 130. Look at the North Shore, that's surfing. What is allowed? You are allowed not to put your sandbags, not to put your sea walls, not to take away our beaches. You're allowed to take your structures and move on. So, I'm saying surfing is our wahi pana. We need to take back our 2 EXHIBIT A (DRAFT)