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Elsa Kalanikauleleiaiwi Dedman <br /> P.O. Box 230 <br /> Naalehu, Hawaii 96772 <br /> Phone: 832-230-7673 <br /> ekdedman@gmail.com <br /> 31 July 2024 <br /> Windward Planning Commission <br /> County of Hawaii Planning Department <br /> 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> RE: Written Testimony of Elsa Kalanikauleleiaiwi Dedman—Consideration and action on a Petition for <br /> Standing in a Contested Case Hearing filed by Association of Apartment Owners of Colony 1 at Sea <br /> Mountain to contest a Special Management Area Use Permit application submitted by Black Sand <br /> Beach LLC. <br /> Applicant/Docket Number: Association of Apartment Owners of Colony 1 at Sea Mountain (PL- CCH- <br /> 2024-000022) <br /> Windward Planning Commissioners Hearing on 01 August 2024 <br /> Submission to PCtestimonv@ aiicounty.gov <br /> Introduction: I am Elsa Kalanikauleleiaiwi Dedman, a Kuleana land owner at Punalu'u Black Sand Beach <br /> my ohana are direct lineal decedent to Mahoe which hold the Palapala Sila Nui, Helu 7585 property. I <br /> was raised on our property since 1954 by my grandparents, Elizabeth Kalanikauleleiaiwi Kuaimoku - <br /> Bangay and Ferman Bangay. My ancestors are long life residents of Punalu'u long before 1892. <br /> The following ohana heirs are Kuleana property owners: Ms. Helen Ho'olapani Galban (1928-2013) Ms. <br /> Elizabeth Kalanikauleleiaiwi Bell (1938-2017), Vincent Lani Bangay (1921-1954) and Joseph Koa Bangay <br /> (1924-2008). My beloved mother, Winifred Pele Hanoa (1923-2016) and I along other community <br /> members Mr. Glen M. Winterbottom, author of Prosperity Through Preservation in the Great and <br /> Majestic District of Ka'u (copyright, Naalehu 1988) and Nelson Siu Wah Ho, Sierra Club (1950-2024) <br /> started Punalu'u Preservation in the early 1980's and latter my sister,Jimmyleen Keolalani Hanoa (1960- <br /> 2006)joined us and the grass roots organization became Ka'u Preservation with 501(c) in 1999. <br /> Aloha Chair Dennis Lin and Commissioners, <br /> I am honored and humbled for this opportunity to address the Contest Case for the Association of <br /> Apartment Owners (AOAO) of Colony 1 at Sea Mountain. It is my hope and prayer that this commission <br /> will accept Colony 1 Petition for Standing in a Contested Case Hearing. <br /> 1 <br />