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

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UNGER: Okay. DARROW: Thank you. UNGER: Thank you. We would like to open up this portion of the meeting to public testimony. We have 30 people who would like to testify from the public. I’ll call three up at a time. And if you could please limit your testimony to three minutes so that we can work through and everybody gets a chance to testify. Leinani Navas-Loa, Kamana Beamer, Cathy Okumura and Alapa‘i Kaulia. Oh, wait, Alapai, if you could, we only have three chairs up there, so the first three, please. NAVAS-LOA: Aloha mai kākou. Can everybody hear me? UNGER: If you could raise your right hand, in fact, if everybody who is going to testify raise your right hand, I’ll swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. Yes. UNGER: Please state your name and where you reside. NAVAS-LOA: Aloha. My name is Leinani Navas-Loa. I’ll be actually doing three different testimonies today. UNGER: Okay. NAVAS-LOA: And the first one I will do will be for our ‘ohana, our family, my husband’s family. The second will be from my ten-year old son who is at school at this time at Ke Kula ‘o ‘Ehunuikaimalino. And the last testimony that I will give will be from Kukulukumuhana O Hōnaunau. Aloha mau kākou. My name is Leinani Navas-Loa and I am from the Ahupua‘a of Hōnaunau, Kona Hema. I am here to represent my husband and our keiki. My husband was raised here at Kahalu‘u and his ‘ohana name is Na‘auhau and Namahana. They still have ‘ohana land and burials across from Kahalu‘u Bay. In 2012 our ‘ohana had the opportunity to attend Huaka‘i Kahalu‘u where our ‘ohana was able to reconnect to my husband’s kūpuna and to learn about their rich cultural history of this special place. We were guided and taught by Aunty Kalani Hamm, Uncle Mahealani Pai and his Mama, Aunty Kalei Nuuhiwa, Malia Kipapa, Manaiakalani Kalua and the staff from Kamehameha Schools. This opportunity has brought our ‘ohana closer to one another and has given us memories we will cherish forever. Our ‘ohana is in full support for the removal of the hotel. We believe this new education center will benefit the community, our youth, and to all who come to learn about our culture, our place and our people. We urge you to support and help push through the SMA application process. Mahalo. My second testimony: Aloha ‘o ko‘u inoa ‘o Keawemauhili I‘olanikealoha Navas-Loa ko‘u inoa piha. Makemake au e kōkua e ne‘e ika Hokele ma Keauhou a makemake au e a‘o inā hana ‘o nā kūpuna i hana ai. Aloha. My name is Keawemauhili I‘olanikealoha Navas-Loa. I am in support of 4 EXHIBIT A