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From: Jessi Brochu <br /> To: W PCtesti mons <br /> Subject: PUNALUU TESTIMONY <br /> Date: Monday, May 6,2024 10:13:48 AM <br /> To whom it may concern, <br /> We live in Volcano and we love Punaluu. My fondest childhood memory is cleaning out the <br /> back pond with my friends and having a luau after with the community. The community has <br /> been loving and caring for Punaluu long before Black Sand Beach LLC. Those before didn't <br /> care to maintain their existing infrastructure. Who's to say they will?Already complaining and <br /> boasting about the 1 million spent on"cleaning up"?My children were just collecting garbage <br /> all over the parking lot. There's still endless decay. They should be required to clean up and <br /> not approved to build anything else. Where will the waste go? Where will the grey and black <br /> water go? The transfer station can't withstand more garbage. Will they have their own waste <br /> treatment plant? <br /> Will the hospital be able to withstand more people in the area? Where's the power coming <br /> from to supply the 200+units? We've been experiencing rolling power outages! How can you <br /> phantom making more units when you can't supply adequate power to existing island <br /> infrastructure. Currently Punaluu is becoming overcrowded. Bringing more tourism to this <br /> side of the island isn't necessary. If Black Sand Beach LLC claims to be taking care of <br /> Punaluu why is the state not doing their job? Why does Black sand beach need to step up? <br /> They need to clean up"their"property before even proposing more infrastructure! If they want <br /> to bring up the youth and lack of access to opportunity then maybe the state needs to step up <br /> it's education system and offer more trade classes & learning opportunities to the Kau <br /> children. The state receives more then enough funding from tourism already. Most state parks <br /> needing repairs. Why let more people come and build extravagant things while continuing to <br /> neglect the current community. We don't need outsider business and money to help the <br /> community. The state needs to use state money properly. There's enough money to go around. <br /> Seems Black Sand Beach LLC cares more about our community then the state. If that's true <br /> then there's bigger fish to fry. Where's the state money going? <br /> Mahalo, <br /> Jessica Brochu <br /> Volcano Resident <br />