2015-09-17 Leeward Exh B (SMA 15-060)

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come and see what the Hawaiian people and what the people of the community of the Big Island have for the Hawaiian culture. And so I feel that just like I have through the project, learning about my own culture and my own background, people from all over the community can come to this new site and learn about the Hawaiian culture and their own, be inspired to learn about their past and to work to preserve their past. So I really support the building of the educational facilities and the removal of the hotel. Thank you for your consideration. GREGG: Aloha. I am Makani Gregg from Keahialaka, Puna. I just want to say mahalo to everybody who have spoken thus far, especially the haumāna from Puna. I’m a kumu, or teacher, at Kua O Ka La Public Charter School. I’m also a learner and a practitioner myself. My first relationship with Kahalu‘u Ma Kai was also through education through UH Hilo through a Papa Kalo and a Papa ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i. So exactly what the history of this place was and what it should be in the future is an education complex. So I also approve to the fullest Kamehameha Schools’ application to remove the hotel and the affiliated structures that go along with the hotel to reestablish the education and preparation of our cultural and traditional practices. I also support the restricted access to the area, as in the words that were said earlier, an access into the middle of the property for viewing and to view heiau and cultural sites. Heiau and cultural sites in the idea too is just not a viewing, and beside the beautiful thing to look at, it’s not its purpose. I do believe in the restrict access in the sense of community events, outreaching events, or hō‘ike for haumāna or even as kumus, as we are learning on the way because it’s a multi-generational learning place, that these aren’t times that can be open to the public. And again, like even at a haumāna stance, and even for myself as a learner, that we are not a museum, we are not architects, we are not coming in here for people to take pictures and to look at, and that’s just how I see it. So when we have these events or these times for the public access, at least it’s a more engaging and everybody is learning alongside each other. And the same thing with the access in the front along the makai area in front of the heiaus that, I think that also needs to be kind of restricted just on the sense of safety for the general public that walking or cruising along in front of the heiau in the area, because it’s not the nicest walk-path, it’s not a sandy beach in the front, that I think the area should also be restricted, again, just to the sensitivity of the area and the cultural sites, and it’s not an easy place to walk, and just for the safety of everybody that I agree that the place, the area should also be restricted. And so, mahalo. UNGER: Pualani Maieluna, Karley Rose, Jenizary Morante. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Aye. I do. UNGER: Please state your name and where you reside. MAIELUA: Blossom Pualani Lincoln Maielua. I’m from Waimea, Hawai‘i. ROSE: Karley Rose. I am from Puna. MORANTE: Aloha. My name is Jenizary U‘ilani Morante and I live in Puna. MAIELUA: Aloha. My name is Blossom Pualani Lincoln Maielua. I was born and raised in Waimea where I currently live there with my family. My affiliation with Kahalu‘u Ma Kai is 20 EXHIBIT B