2010-08-27 TFOULK - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

SEITER: Good morning, Council (sic) Members. My name is Kevin Seiter. I’ve been practicing law in Kona for 30 years and I often been on the side representing the coastline, which I call the silent victim. But I’m glad to be here today not as an advocate for any particular point of view – I’m sure you’re going to hear a plenty of that – but rather to propose to you a win-win solution to this problem. And it would start out by denying without prejudice the SMA – and I’m sure you’re going to hear a plenty of testimony about the legalities or illegalities of the proposed SMA – because we have a solution at hand and that is I was involved, as some of the Council (sic) members may have been, with the Hanl’s situation, which is virtually identical to this, and we were capable of creating a park when no one said it could be done. And I’m sure Ms. Leithead Todd will recall we were able to do it by putting together a community organization and make a small miracle happen. We need more parks; we don’t need more condos. So I think that if this project, if this SMA application is denied without prejudice, give us some time to meet with the Council members and the appropriate people in the government to explore this opportunity. I think, again, that we can all come out in a win-win situation; everybody saves face, and we get something that we need a lot more than a bigger inventory of condominiums. So I want to thank you for allowing me this opportunity to at least point this out to you as an alternative to what is going to be expensive protracted litigation, if this thing is granted. And I don’t say that as a threat or promise – I’m too old to fight that battle anymore; I say that as, look, we have a way out of this thing, that everybody can benefit from, especially the community and that’s who really needs to benefit from this. Thank you very much. HOUSEL: Mr. Seiter, could you state your address, please? SEITER: Sure, it’s 75-650 Mahi Iulani Place, Kailua-Kona 96740. HOUSEL: Thank you very much. Please go ahead and use the microphone. Your name and address, please. C. ROY: I represent the spirit of my ancestors before me, au hulu kupuna kahiko -. SAUER: Sir, sir, please hold the microphone -. HOUSEL: Yeah -. C. ROY: I’m here to speak -. If you want me to repeat, I’ll repeat myself. HOUSEL: Could you give your name and address, please? C. ROY: I will, sir, if you would be patient. HOUSEL: Sure. C. ROY: Where did I leave off? Oh, I’m here to represent my kupuna kahiko as a steward of this land. My name is Corbett Roy, longtime resident of this Kona area. My family has been here for a few hundred years and we are still considered -. This land down here is pristine, 5 EXHIBIT C