2024-03-06 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Anne Celeste Opposition Testimony

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9. Did not grant residents due process. We were not made aware of critical developments. Many residents thought that the plan had been discontinued. . We never heard about the County meeting until Feb 29, 2024—onlY7 days ahead— we were blindsided We were not informed of the developer's Dec 15 2023 filing forthe SMA The developer's plan was not communicated to the entire community,the community was allowed almost no information, no input, and no answers to their questions .There was no meeting priorto approval of this development so thatthe people of kau could express their deep concerns aboutthe devastating impactthis development will have. . In addition,the Planning Director Zendo Kim has recommended approval—before we were even allowed input! io. How will this impact local fisherman who depend on the waters for their food and income? Already tourist cars fill their beach. How is their ramp access protected? ii. The beach is already at capacity on most days, often with 300 people. The developers' plan can easily bring boo overnight tourists plus Soo day tourists to the beach.That's l000 people in addition to the 300 that are there now, for a total of 1300 on the beach. The beach is only 3 acres, maximum.That's 433 people per acre. To bring this home,that's 1o8 people per one-quarter acre,the size of a typical home lot. Imagine 1o8 people on your housing lot! Already the public toilets are over-crowded. Beach capacity should be limited. 12. The existing infrastructure cannot support the influx of tourists 13. Tourists don't care about the aina. This will further destroy the beach. They litter,they regularly get too close to the turtles,take the black sand, and snap selfies. 14. The development further endangers critical habitat for dwindling protected turtles. Already hatchlings don't make it to the water due to disorientation from lights. Imaginethem getting trampled by tourists snapping selfies on their way to the shore. 15. The planned resort also contains a Nesting site for the Federally and Internationally protected Endangered Hawksbill Turtle, Hawaiian Monk Seals as well as the Endangered Hawaiian Nene Geese . Allowing a resort would be devastation to the ecosystem forthe residing wildlife. 16. The developer is not pono with Punaluu nor the people of Kau—We cannot trust her word. Please see that this developer cares almost nothing for our community and is manipulative, making people think she will help til she gets in. 1. She excavated the graves of the ancestors, strewing their bones all over, exposing them to the sun, a great disrespect to Hawaiians and locals. z. She has gone ahead and developed the site without SMA approval . She has appropriated an extra parking area by the beach without approval, cutting down trees and stripping it of its wild vegetation.