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very much about the space is a sense of openness. It’s one of the few places in a resort type of setting like this where, you know, if you are like driving down a canyon that’s closed off on both sides by buildings, and this development will unnecessarily add way too much of that canyon- like aspect to Ali‘i Drive. People need to see the ocean, feel the breeze coming from the ocean, and have that much enjoyment. This development obviously will serve some number of people – both the people who are selling the property, who are developing the property, the builders, the construction people, the people who would reside there – it would make them happy; but I think for every one of those there’s probably at least 100 other people who would be on the downside, if you will, of this development. And finally, I would like to say that I think I’m a fairly good reader of, by posture and faces, and please, Commission, no disrespect, if I can ask you to raise your right hands, and please state for the public here that you are listening to us and have not already made up your minds on this decision, please. HOUSEL: I’d like to respond to that. We have a responsibility to hear all the evidence before we make any decision. So I respect what you say and appreciate that. Thank you very much. SCHMITZ: Thank you. I’ll take, we’ll take you at your word. Thank you. HOUSEL: Would you like to state your name and address, please? MCMICHAEL: Simmy McMichael, 75-5702 Likana Lane, Kailua-Kona. I wasn’t born here, but it was my goal to live here since I was in high school. I was born and raised on O‘ahu. And O‘ahu grew madly. I can remember riding horses through Kapi‘olani Park when they had polo races, dancing at the bandstand, dancing at ho‘olaule‘a down Kalkaua, which is now considered a little mini Rodeo Drive. My goal was to come to Kona and to raise my family the way Waikk Beach was. When I moved here back in the early ’70’s, there was no traffic lights, absolutely none. And if you do this and start here on the ocean, this is what O‘ahu and Maui is fighting – beach loss, stabilizing. And it clearly shows. And this was written by the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Integrated Shoreline Policies of beach, and is under jurisdiction of the State, and it says that they are “faced with chronic erosion and land loss, abutting owners feel their only relief is to harden the shoreline. Unfortunately, this often results in yet another poor decision to construct seawalls and revetment. The state becomes involved through enforcement actions further complicating the situation. This is a vicious vector of coastal erosion: flawed planning producing poor siting, development threatened by erosion, construction of shoreline hardening leading to beach loss, loss of public resource, access as well as the beach environment. The present system is almost entirely reactionary and contentious. Because there has been little to no planning for long-term shoreline change, the response is always time critical and completely reactionary every time a property owner or agencies encounters an erosion event and potential property damage that is apparent.” And let me bring up the Banyan’s Bali Kai situation: They had a rock wall seawall that was illegally entirely removed. They have not yet since 1995 been able to get a shoreline certification because it was all falsified. On their 2005 document, it shows that in 1995 was their last certified shoreline survey. In 2005, they did another survey. So 1995 they had 3.037 acres; now they have 2.73 acres, and they lost 1.64 of shoreline. That place and all of that area is a high risk for sea level -. 11 EXHIBIT C