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

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cave where there's burials in there is now got a house over it all done illegally. So, it's really needs to get back into the process of what you guys are supposed to do. What every department is supposed to do before someone is able to build. No matter how wealthy they are and how many type and their places this person is doing and building and then his going to sell it for a million and move on or whatever the price is. So, I'll read this paragraph and it comes from that survey. Several special archaeological preservation areas occur within the Kahalu`u Historical District. These sites include but are not limited to heiau's, burial sites, trails and[indecipherable]habitational caves. The district contains no more than 12 heiau's at[indecipherable]heiau's are located nearest to the current study parcel which is 19 and 13. Another site of interest on the south of the project is `Ohi`a Cave. This makai portion of the cave is subject to investigation consisting of a main tube. We have photos of that main tube, it's really, really sad that it's been devasted and the archaeological well. That tube is 1,650 feet, mauka to makai with short branches going north and south and — HATA: 30 seconds remaining. LOPRINZI: — human burial clusters representing a [indecipherable] individuals between where there's thousands buried in there. But `Ohi`a Cave has several [indecipherable] in the compliance of Kahalu`u District. We have to do better. We really need to do better. This is a lineal descendant; I will be helping birth [indecipherable] today and this has a deep effect on us. It is an emotional thing that the Leeward and Windward districts need to understand that relationship between what's [indecipherable] what's sacred— HATA: I'm sorry Clare, your time is up. LOPRINZI: — sacred the land and the humans and especially this baby today. [indecipherable] my house. LIN: Thank you for your testimony. Is there any questions for this testifier? If not, thank you very much and we'll move on to the next Zoom testifier. HATA: Yes, out next testifier is Maki Morinoue. MORINOUE: Aloha, Windward and Leeward Planning Commission. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Maki Morinoue, from H61ualoa. Today, I'm representing Huli Pac which is an organization with members all around our moku of our Hawaii Island. I concur with what Simmy McMichael and Clare has mentioned particularly around preservation and the allowance to have our Planning Department to have authority over preservation land. It was very difficult to kind of understand. It was a lot of description but not enough detail for me to understand what certain [indecipherable] it was too open ended. So, therefore, it creates a lot of possible loopholes. So, for those reasons I'm asking you today to oppose Agenda 1 for the shoreline setback. Also, I concur with other islands going to 60 to 130 feet setback. But primarily I think it's how we cultivate a cohesive agreement around the island and including 4 EXHIBIT A (DRAFT)