2015-10-22 Leeward Exh A (SMA 15-060)

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KIRKPATRICK: Hi, I’m Sandra Kirkpatrick. Is this \[microphone\] working okay? So I want to thank the Planning Commission for your patience in sitting through two sessions of this and you’ve got my applauds for your patience and willingness to hear everybody speak. When I spoke at the last session, I said that I had two concerns. I am not opposed to the restoration and Kamehameha Schools’ plans in going forward. I have two concerns. One, public access. And I spoke at length on that last time. I was very happy to see the map up here because it clearly showed public access, and that was what I was wanting to see. So if the Planning Commission feels that this is a safe route for the public, marvelous. The whole tone I think is doing what we call “getting to yes”; I see a movement towards the middle, which is obviously where we would like to be to make as many people happy as possible. So I’m very happy to hear that they are doing all the restoration that they are doing. That’s great. I’m also very glad to hear them speaking about the school as a community but also as part of a much larger community. And, yes, that’s the other part of that that I think is so important. This is an educational center, so, great, let them educate people to what’s there. When I was here, I was fortunate to see them restoring the first heiau, and I was able to see that completed. I didn’t manage to see the second one, but from Google Earth I can see that it looks like the second heiau has been restored. Again, that’s just nothing but good news. Also nothing but good news to hear that they’ve opened up the school to a larger population. And if respect is to be had, it can be had a whole lot easier, if people understand what’s there; if they don’t know about it, how can they respect it? So I’m very happy to hear that the Schools is willing to take on teaching the unwashed public as it were. And thanks so much again. Appreciate it. And I love seeing this process because it is definitely moving in a good direction. Thanks, guys. BOCKUS: I would like to add that the public access with parking off the street is necessary. People will want access to the shoreline, and I think with through the property on the north end as well as access that I gather is planned on the southern border of the property with the minimum of ten parking spaces, is very necessary. Otherwise, people would be parking on Ali‘i Drive, and that doesn’t, is not adequate. Thank you. UNGER: Blossom Maielua, Cecilia Johansen, Cherie Griffore. JOHANSEN: Aloha to everyone here. My name is Cecilia Johansen and I live in Waimea. This is a personal testimony. In our telephone conversation Kau‘i suggested that I bring the original size of Henry Kekahuna’s architectural drawing of Kahalu‘u so you can see better what it looked like in the 1950’s, and it’s over here on the floor. I purchased the map from Bishop Museum when I went there a few years ago to do research on the Waipa family. Let me share with you some things about me and why I have such a great interest and love for this sacred royal center of Kahalu‘u. I had the extraordinary privilege of being married to two Hawaiian men over the course of my life – not at the same time – whose stories and songs kept me constantly entertained and who instilled in me a desire to know and understand more of the beautiful Hawaiian culture, which they shared with me. I met my first husband Charles Hikuokalani Waipa Kanewa in Los Angeles. He was born in Kapa‘ahu in Puna District. If anybody knows where Kapa‘ahu is, raise your hand. Thank you. We were married for 21 years before his death. His grandmother was Christina Kahulamū buried in the graveyard above Saint Peter’s By the Sea Church. The Kahulamū still live in the family home and tend to the historic burial site. Charles’ sister Gladys Nelson has a home across the road from them. As you might know, the two families built the little blue church first at La‘aloa and then dismantled it, moved 20 EXHIBIT A