PL-REZ-2022-000033 M. POWELL TESTIMONY (PETITION) 12.11.2022

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Please Distribute to all Leeward Planning Commissioners as testimony for PL-REZ-2022-033 of Kona Vistas homeowners. The "Kona Village" Environmental Assessment for "Kona Village", submitted in 2018, was done by Zendo Kern. Mr Kern should recuse himself from all decisions regarding the development because of an obvious relationship with Kona Three LLC. Archaeological and Cultural Importance • Multiple and significant archaeological sites and burials are located on the parcel. • Archeological sites are spread across multiple adjacent parcels. Developments such as this obliterate archaeological and cultural heritage one project at a time. • Plan will destroy stone walls that appear to be a continuation of the Holualoa Slide descending from the Holualoa Inn property. Preservation Council Support* Pulama is Kona Heritage Preservation Council supports saving these parcels from development Agricultural Zoning • Land has historical significance*, evidenced by its location in line with both the Holualoa heiau and the Kealakowa'a heiau in the Holualoa 1&2 ahupua'a. Historical research indicates the land between the two heiau was used in the transport of huge trees from Pihopono (the Holualoa Forest Preserve) by use of a holoa extending from heiau to heiau, hence the name Holua loa "The long slide" Water Supply • Neighbors already experience low water pressure even at lower elevations. • The developer insists that, having paid for 450 water meters, he will be constructing 450 units, despite our already challenged supply. Drought • Kona and all Hawai'i faces current and predicted increasing drought conditions; climate change causes greater weather uncertainty, increasing drought risk. Sewage Hookup /Wastewater Treatment • The Developer had expressed his plan to connect to the Pualani Estates sewer system, however the Kealakehe sewage treatment plant is already OVER capacity if all current 3