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From: iohn bennett <br /> To: LPCtestimony <br /> Subject: PL-REZ-2022-033 <br /> Date: Monday,December 12,2022 8:16:00 PM <br /> Dear Hawaii County Council, <br /> The proposed development of Royal Vistas in the Ahupuaa of <br /> Holualoa(Long Slide)has many Red Flags that should not be <br /> overlooked.I read in the West Hawaii Today recently that another <br /> development in the area had been asked to perform a"Cultural <br /> Evaluation". The land subject to this Development should equally <br /> be asked,as it is rich in history. The Mauka Makai potions of the <br /> property align directly with a remnant portion of an ancient Holua <br /> located on the north property of the"Holualoa Inn".This Holua is <br /> different(not meant for sport)as it was built for hauling canoes. <br /> Directly Mauka of the proposed <br /> Development :Guests of Holualoa Inn can <br /> walk our historic grounds, where the <br /> remnants of an ancient holua slide <br /> can be seen in our botanical <br /> gardens. www.holualoainn.com/historv-of-the-holua-slide/ <br /> Directly Makai of the Royal Vistas proposed Development is <br /> the Kealakowaa Heiau(the Path of the <br /> Canoe).http://data.bishopmuseum.org/Kekahuna/kekahuna.phn? <br /> b=closeup&ID=43 <br /> Henry Kekuhuna in 1953 surveyed this and states that a canoe <br /> Hauling Road from the Heiau"through the Royal Vistas proposed <br /> development"past the Holualoa Inn remnant and into the forests <br /> around 4000 feet of elevation.Tom Puhaku Stone whom is the <br /> leading expert in Hawaiian Holuas with a Masters Degree from <br /> University of Hawaii states, "Not all holua slides had walls but <br /> nearly all those on Hawaii Island do.The purpose was to hold the <br /> rock in the slide in some sections and in areas that needed to be <br /> raised.When you mention moving of logs from mauka-makai that <br /> is an important point because the koa forest line was at a lower <br /> elevation when we were gathering the great trees for our wa`a, <br /> papahe`enalu,etc. <br /> The current Enviromental assessment mentions nothing of this <br /> Holua. THE AHUPUAA IS NAMED "HOLUALOA" (LONG <br /> SLIDE) TO DELIVER THE KOA WOOD FOR CANOE <br /> BUILDING. <br /> According to the recent EA,You will find mention of double rock <br /> walls as merely cattle shoots in recent history. <br /> Hooray Bats <br />