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December 10, 2024 <br /> Cindy Freitas <br /> Cultural Resource Commission <br /> Meeting Date: December 11, 2024 <br /> Time: 10:00 a.m. <br /> crc@hawaiicounty.gov <br /> RE: #1 Cultural Impact Assessment Report Review: La'ipala Makai Planned Unit Development (PL <br /> (PL-CRC-2024-000019) <br /> He Mele komo a he mele aloha no na kupuna o ke au i hala Aloha mai kakou. <br /> Aloha, <br /> My name is Cindy Freitas and I'm a Native Hawaiian descended of the native inhabitants of Hawai'i <br /> prior to 1778 and born and raised in Hawai'i. <br /> I am also a practitioner who still practice the cultural traditional customary practices that was instill in <br /> me by my grandparents at a young age from mauka(MOUNTAIN TO SEA) to makai in many areas. <br /> I'm in OPPOSITION for the following reasons: <br /> Lai'pala Makai Planned Unite Development will have 65- lots single family residential subdivision at <br /> the location of Kapala'alaea 2nd Ahupua'a North Kona District, Hawaii Island TMK(#) 7-7-008:121 <br /> CULTURAL SIGNIFICANT <br /> Kapala'alaes 2nd Ahupaua'a consist of many cultural mounds, platforms, walls, blister, cave, permanent <br /> habitation/burial, ceremonial, terraces, ect... <br /> See Documents: https://records.hawaiicountygov/WebLink/1/doc/141062/Pagel.aspx <br /> ARCHAELOLOGICAL INVENTORY SURVEY TMK: 7-7-08:121, LAND OF KAPALA'ALAEA 2 <br /> NORTH KONA DISTRICT, ISLAND OF HAWAII (Haun &Associates, January 2006) <br /> ENDANGERED SPECIES <br /> `IO <br /> SPECIES INFORMATION: The `io, or Hawaiian hawk, is the only broad-winged hawk (Family: <br /> Accipitridae) in Hawai`i. `lo are considered `aumakua, or family gods, by Native Hawaiians. <br /> Similar to many birds of prey, females are larger than males, and often weigh approximately <br /> 25 percent more than males. Also similar to many Buteos, two color morphs, light and dark, <br /> occur in Vo populations. Prior to the arrival of Polynesians, Vo may have exclusively preyed on <br /> birds, including now extinct flightless ibis, and rails. Its diet now includes non-native insects, <br /> birds and rodents, as well as native insects and birds. `lo form monogamous long-term pair- <br /> bonds and defend territories year-round. Nest construction is protracted, beginning up to two <br />