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HOUSEL: Thank you for your testimony. Please -. NAKOA: Aloha. HOUSEL: Yeah, please state your name and address. NAKOA: My name is Walter mother is Kilauea Marciel, her mother is Cecelia Trask, her mother is Anakaili Travis, her mother a. And by way of a brief background – I want to be brief this morning – I lived in the house that is going to be demolitioned for the development in question. I’m here to speak in opposition of this development. A couple of things that I hope the Land Commission (sic), the distinguished members of the Land Commission (sic), will consider. I am very intimate with that stretch of coastline, having lived there and surfed there for about the last 30 years. There is a great deal of fresh water upwelling that occurs on that point. I think that pounding into the ground over there is going to disturb that upwelling. I am hoping that you folks will see your way clear to make sure that there is a very thorough investigation in terms of the impact on the ecology of that area. During the time that I lived there we became very, very friendly with five turtles. They were resident turtles on that point. And we were so intimate with these sea creatures that we actually named them. And they were so tamed that we could feed them by hand. The limu that was too high above the tideline there, we used to pick and hold in the water like so and they would come right up to you and take it out of your hand. These turtles were living there daily. I was a lot younger then and had longer hair, jumped in the water, and the buggers would come over and try to eat your hair. Okay, so the three things I’m imploring you folks to consider when you make this very, very important decision, are once again, how it’s going to impact the fresh water upwelling, the animals in the area, the protected species, and, finally, the proximity to the cultural, religious and historic HOUSEL: Thank you very much for your testimony. Is there anyone else who would like to give testimony today? We want to give everybody an opportunity. If you’d like to come forward, please. Could you raise your right hand, please? Do you swear to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Planning Commission today? P. HOLUM: I do. HOUSEL: Could you state your name and address, please. P. HOLUM: It’s Patricia Holum, 75-5660 Kopiko Street, Kailua-Kona. I live here in Kona. I’ve been here for the past year and a half, and have been to this island since the early seventies every year, and live not too far from that location. My concern not only is the fresh water upwelling that he was talking about, but also – I’ll hold this (microphone) a little further away – the impact of when we have the rains. If you grant that variance, there’s going to be a lot of concrete, a lot of space that will not be able to absorb the water; so that’s all going to run right into the ocean, which will also ecologically affect all the animal life that is in that area. Not to mention, you know, with the extra vehicles that will be parking there when they have guests – I would imagine those type of condos they probably have a lot of parties – alot of oil leakage from the vehicles that would also be 19 EXHIBIT E