2024-12-11 PL-CRC-2024-000019 Testimony - S. McMichael

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VITOUSEK: Okay, cool. Mahalo Maki, please state your name, town you live in and proceed with your testimony. MORINOUE: Awesome. Mahalo everyone for this opportunity. A lot of details have already been spoken so I'm going to advocate and support for the many wonderful things that has occurred so far. My name is Maki Morinoue, a fourth generation from Holualoa Ahupua'a here in the village. We have a family farm for 5 generations now. It's an agroforestry now. We've moved from coffee to multiple crops. No poison. Our goal is to ensure that our aquifer system for many generations to come get filtered and cleaned by whatever little piece of property that we have control over. So, I want to advocate support for the woman who testified at the beginning. As Holualoa rezones from agriculture to residential. It is absolutely a big mistake to do so. When we live here in the sweet spot where we can grow everything under the sun, and we ship 90% of our food to Hawai`i. So, I support her and onward I oppose this agenda item 2 and 3 for all that has been stated and support our lineal descendants. I love seeing so many of you show up today mahalo for your advocacy I support that. The new things that I'd like to add, is an article. A Sunday article that was published, and I believe 2021 titled "Mega Tsunami". Where Kwok Fai Cheung, a professor of ocean resource and geo-engineering at UH Manoa has offered the County of Hawai`i to have a plan and to create an action towards having an evacuation plan for Kailua-Kona. I'm so curious to know if the County of Hawai`i has step forward in this relationship, and this collaborative relationship with an expert. Allowing us to understand that we are absolutely from an expert point of view not prepared for a tsunami. We've had 2 tsunamis already from all those that live along Ali`i Drive had firsthand experience with no sirens, and a full complete stop. We had also the support of the Police Chief and Ms. Simmy McMichael many years ago to raise these very, very important concerns. JACKSON: You have 30 seconds remaining. MORINOUE: Mahalo. I also support all the amazing archaeological sites and the historic preservation of these areas and to mention another added water issue is the flood ways that we have here. There's been some Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission (PONC) applications that were not purchased but green lighted by all 9 County Council members. These are all huge lands that affect areas right near these 62 units. So please vote no. We all oppose items 2 and 3, and the rezoning the continuous rezoning of our agricultural to residential lots it does not make sense for a future ahead. Mahalo. VITOUSEK: Mahalo. Are there any more testifiers that we've missed? JACKSON: No. VITOUSEK: Okay, anybody come in person? No, okay. 15 EXHIBIT B