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

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vestiges that are for our purposes for to educate ourselves and to the people that come, the people of the future, the children. So please say no. You must say no to this on the basis of such testimony today. Ka mahalo nui. Aloha. UNGER: Aloha. Thank you. Is there anybody else from the public who would like to testify at this time? Aloha. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth in front of the Planning Department \[Commission\]? TESTIFIERS: I do. UNGER: Thank you. Please state your name and where you reside, and you can continue — EOFF: This is on? Yeah. My name is Karen Eoff. I reside in Kailua-Kona. I just wanted to address the standing issue. It’s sort of reminiscent of a case I was involved in where Planning Commission denied the request for standing, which ended up in the courts. And I would just like to say that what the court said was that standing should be interpreted liberally. And I believe that Simmy McMichael stated her residency as being adjoining property owner, and I think that would automatically assure her standing as someone who has an interest in the application that is separate and distinct from the general public. So I just wanted to put that on record that I think that her request for standing should be granted. UNGER: Thank you. CHING: Good day, Commissioners and Chairman. I’m Kūkauakahi. My other name is Clarence Ku Ching. I live in Waimea. My interest in what you are doing today is more profound than where I live. And, in fact, I would state at this point that I do not support this project and I would urge you to vote no on it. One of the reasons I’m interested in this area is that I am a descendant of Lonoikamakahiki. And if you’ve done your homework, you should have found out that Lono was a very primary figure in the history of this area. And some of the things that I’m noticing that you should notice just by some of the things that have been presented, goes like this; in the one corner – this map doesn’t, this plan doesn’t say it – but the areas that are zoned as 7.5, and so, but this area is for multi-units. One of the questions, one important question is, how many single-family dwellings could be built with the use of the water that is scheduled to be used in this parcel and in this project? With the kinds of problems we have here, not only in the whole state of Hawai‘i but increasingly so on this island, we have people who are going homeless. We need, we have people, you know, these are people who are here, who had these problems. And yet, we are taking our resources and spending it to attract other people who come here with money to keep certain people’s pocket was growing. And so true it looks like the area is very, it’s almost too dense. All these rooftops and roadways are going to collect water that won’t be sinking into the ground, and so I can see a big drainage problem. And Ali‘i Drive, I mean, to have a major ingress and egress there with the pictures that we were shown earlier, it looks like, you know, if it’s not a problem now, it’s going to be multiplied in the future, if this project is approved and if it goes. But more important than that, I have no idea why this property was zoned the way it was, because from the reports, the number of historic sites, the number of iwi kupuna, this property should have been more zoned to be a 28 EXHIBIT C