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resources. It’s one of the most top attractions for all the visitors to the Big Island best known for
<br />the weather, snorkeling and surfing where King Kamehameha surfed and built the surfing heiau,
<br />the only one in the world. We do not need another Waikīkī. The tourists are already figuring out
<br />the Big Island is the place of old Hawai‘i, and this is what we need to keep, if we want to attract
<br />visitors in the future, and at the same time keep Hawai‘i like it was when the chiefs resided here
<br />at this National Kahalu‘u District. What Kamehameha School is doing on the makai portion,
<br />Kona Lagoon and Keauhou Beach Hotel, should also be done throughout, including mauka.
<br />Already two mistakes, don’t make another.
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<br />UNGER: Mahalo.
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<br />KNUDSEN: Hi. I completely agree with these ladies. I don’t have a lot more to say in terms of
<br />the details, but it’s so important that this area be preserved. Just real quickly, on a personal note,
<br />I was born and raised on O‘ahu near Diamond Head, Waikīkī Beach actually. And my family
<br />fled that area because of what was happening in the concrete jungle in Waikīkī, and we cannot,
<br />we just cannot let this go on in Kona on the Big Island. There is just so much that we have no
<br />control over it seems, unless we all come together and speak out. So much of the resources are
<br />being taken and not preserved and not for the local people, period. The prices are out of touch,
<br />completely out of touch; people who need homes and places to live on the Big Island in Hawai‘i
<br />are not able to touch these things, and, again, the money goes completely off the island
<br />elsewhere. So I oppose. Thank you. Thank you, ladies.
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<br />UNGER: Mahalo.
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<br />W. HOLUM: My name is Wayne Holum. I’ve been a resident of the Big Island since 2009. I
<br />live in Ali‘i Heights within a mile of the proposed development. And I’m opposed to the
<br />development because of mainly, in addition to the cultural significance of the area, I’m opposed
<br />because of congestion that’s going to cause along Ali‘i Drive in Kahalu‘u. Right now Ali‘i
<br />Drive with crosswalks and things they have now has traffic stopped regularly, but if you add
<br />hundreds, three to six hundred more people a day, or more, it’s going to be unbearable for Ali‘i
<br />Drive for traffic. And even if they built the Parkway, it still would be, people would be crossing
<br />to the beach. So I don’t understand how that’s going to be accommodated. And I’m opposed to
<br />it because of what that would do. Also, it would impact Kahalu‘u Beach with a major
<br />development there and the runoff from that, and the damage it would do to the coral, the fish,
<br />turtles and the natural environment, not to mention the cultural significance of this land. So I
<br />stand opposed to it as a resident. Thank you.
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<br />P. HOLUM: Aloha, my name is Patricia Holum. I live not too far from this proposed
<br />development. I am opposed to this development, and mainly the cultural reasons, but also I want
<br />you to consider, I lived on the mainland, I lived near Puget Sound along the ocean, or along
<br />Puget Sound waterways, and I have swam since I moved here in Kahalu‘u Bay many, many
<br />times, and as you walk along there, you can feel the cold water currents coming through there so
<br />you know there is many, many lava tubes that are bringing fresh water underneath Kahalu‘u Bay.
<br />Now you look at the size of this proposed development, and you can see that there is going to be
<br />lots of grassy areas and lots of shrubbery planted along with the other things that they are going
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