2024-12-18 Cindy Freitas #4 Testimony

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December 18, 2024 Cindy Freitas makainan i gmail.com Leeward Planning Department December 19, 2024 At 1:00pm LPCtestimony(c�hawaiicounty.gov Item: # 4 Greg Gilliom, & Kathleen Kissel (PL-SMA-2024-000066) He Mele komo a he mele aloha no na kupuna o ke au i hala Aloha mai kakou. Aloha, My name is Cindy Freitas and I'm a Native Hawaiian descended of the native inhabitants of Hawai'i prior to 1778 and born and raised in Hawai'i. I am also a practitioner who still practice the cultural traditional customary practices that was instill in me by my grandparents at a young age from mauka(MOUNTAIN TO SEA)to makai in many areas. I'm in OPPOSITION for the following reasons: •Testimony has been given regarding ongoing water shortages, and drought. •These parcel are in HECO's power shut-off wildfire area. •Lack of concurrency required by the KCDP, putting additional strains on infrastructure, including the "Kona crawl." •Impact on the Kealakehe Wastewater Treatment Plant, which is already violating the Clean Water Act by dumping effluent into nearshore marine waters. •The supportive testimony heard was almost exclusively given by those who already have or who will make money off this application. ENDANGERED SPECIES `Ope`ape`a or Hawaiian hoary bat LOCATION AND CONDITION OF KEY HABITAT: `Ope`ape`a have been found roosting in `ohi`a (Metrosideros polymorpha),pu hala(Pandanus tectorius), coconut palms (Cocos nucifera), kukui (Aleurites moluccana), kiawe (Proscopis pallida), avocado (Persea americana), shower trees (Cassie javanica), pukiawe (Styphelia tameiameiae), fern clumps, eucalyptus (Eucalyptus spp.), cook pine (Araucaria columnaris), and Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) stands. Recent work on the island of Hawaii found that bat activity varied with season and altitude, and the greatest level of activity occurred at low elevations (below 1,280 meters or 4,200 feet) from April to December