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<br />CAMARA: He’s here. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Oh, okay. Thank you. Could I ask you to please raise your right hand? Do you <br />swear to affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />TESTIFIERS: Yes. I do. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Thank you. Could I ask each of you to introduce yourselves and give your <br />address for the record, please? And we’ll start with you, Janice. <br /> <br />PALMA-GLENNIE: Yes. Thank you. Good morning. My name is Janice Palma-Glennie, and I <br />live in Kailua-Kona, P. O. Box 4849, Kailua-Kona. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: It’s on, I think, is it? <br /> <br />CAMARA: Bobby Cam— <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: It’s on. <br /> <br />CAMARA: It’s on. Bobby Camara, P. O. Box 485, Volcano 96785. <br /> <br />WHITTEMORE: Thank you. If I could begin with your testimony here, please, Janice. <br /> <br />PALMA-GLENNIE: Okay, thank you very much. Aloha and good morning, Commissioners. <br />Mahalo for the opportunity to testify regarding land that is of special significance and dear to our <br />community’s heart. That includes the group I’m representing today, which is the Kona Kai Ea <br />chapter of the Surfrider Foundation. I personally took part in all phases of the public process <br />leading to the formation of the park including representing the Sierra Club on the park’s Advisory <br />Task Force. <br /> <br />It was heartening to have the opportunity to talk with Russell Kumabe this week regarding details <br />of the requested SMA Permit. From that discussion, it seems that the State is following the <br />community vision and park tenets born of collaboration from a vast section of stakeholders, <br />particularly understanding the community’s mandate to keep proposed park improvements as <br />minimal as possible, including keeping the road two-wheel drive passable but unpaved at <br />Mahai‘ula section in an attempt to maintain the wilderness experience and to limit the overload of <br />visitors, which now plagues the Manini‘ōwali section of the park. <br /> <br />To elaborate upon this vision, consultants Group 70 International’s DEIS cover page states in its <br />“Summary of Proposed Actions” that, “The Park will be a ‘wilderness’ park as opposed to an <br />‘urban’ or ‘improved’ park. The natural setting is emphasized. Modern amenities, facilities and <br />conveniences are downplayed …. Uses are more passive or related to natural resources than <br />active uses associated with organized sports. Landscape improvements are minimal.” <br /> <br />New picnic tables and barbeque facilities will be welcomed by many, as will upgrades to existing <br />9 <br />EXHIBIT B <br /> <br />