2016-04-21 Leeward Exh C (SMA 16-063)

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TYLER: Aloha kākou pākahi a pau. My name is Curtis Tyler. I am a lineal descendant from the chiefs that inhabited the areas between Kailua, Lanihau and Hōnaunau. And with respect to Kahalu‘u, along with some other of my ‘ohana who have spoken today, we are recognized descendants by the Hawai‘i Island Burial Council and the State Historic Preservation Division. I come here today, I listed my affiliation as ‘Ohana Kipapa, which is, of which I am ka hiapo, or my ancestors are of that line. But we are also, the Kipapa line is also directly related to the Kahulamu line who – I think you already possibly have seen in your, oh, you haven’t seen the documents, that’s right – have a family graveyard in the area where the kuleana were shown. As a result of being very involved, our family being very involved in the Ali‘i Highway, K to K, Ke ala o Keauhou controversy for, I don’t know, well, it’s been 20-something years, in opposition to the four-lane design, present design of that highway, we have, and the reason we had, were and are opposed to it is because of the impact on iwi kupuna as well as other traditional customary cultural properties. I wanted to say that Mrs. McMichael made a statement today that the Kahulamu and Curtis Tyler receive some special consideration from the developer; I don’t know whether that’s, I don’t believe that’s true, but I can tell you that when this first came, the notice of this project came to the newspaper, I immediately called Kahulamu family as well as notified some of Kipapa that live over here, and we became involved as quickly as possible because of the burials that are in there. And we, especially our family burials because the tubes run mauka- makai. And as a result of our discussions, that area that’s in green over there, the buildings were – there is also a trail there, there is the Kahalu‘u Trail, mauka-makai trail – and as a result of those discussions, quite a number of units were removed from that whole area where the burials are located. They were confirmed to be there. I can’t speak for, I can’t speak for the other burials and the historic sites of which I have seen a copy of the archeological inventory survey. I heard two people today speak that there was going to be destruction of iwi and the historic sites, that the whole parcel was, 26 was going to be bulldozed; according to what I’ve seen in the Cultural Impact Assessment as well as the other application, the FEA, there is going to be no destruction of iwi or historic sites, that Kamehameha Schools has mandated this developer, should they have any rights to develop this property, to preserve any and all iwi kupuna and also all historic sites. And they have all been identified, and I think they are on, at some point you’ll see them in here. So I just wanted to say that. I understand that there may be a contested case in which case I’ll reserve any further comment until that time, because I understand there are many other speakers. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission and Director. UNGER: Thank you. WEISS: Aloha. My name is Burt Weiss. I reside on 78-6666 Ali‘i Drive, right across the street from the proposed development. And I would strongly urge you not to go that way. There is a reason. I’ll give you just a couple of numbers I thought of. A car is about 22 feet on an average long. If this 306 units, let’s just say two cars per unit, we are talking about 600 cars, ten foot buffer in between the cars, 60,000 feet is where we end up. That a little over three miles that is pretty much from Royal Poinciana to King Kam III. In case of an emergency, let’s say we have a fire on the top, how do these people get out of there, if we don’t have the bypass road. Same thing on Ali‘i Drive, the construction, the impact on it will be humongous. I don’t think you should allow that unless we have the corridor up there. And I’ll totally agree with the cultural and the environmental impacts that have been mentioned already. Thank you very much. 21 EXHIBIT C