2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case

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commend the McMichaels for taking on this case. And I know there needs to be someone to blame, but Towne Development is not a faceless greedy corporate monster. I am the face of Towne Realty and I do care. Ultimately, our company is being allowed to develop here. So the bigger questions are, since this land is so culturally and historically significant, how was it allowed to be sold? How did the County Planning Department, DLNR and all the other State and Federal departments approve the zoning and use without the proper infrastructure to the roads and to the sewage? The lack of maintenance at Kahalu‘u Beach is a disgrace. The water pollution and desalinization is disgusting and a health risk. I see this. My family has gone there for years. The beach used to go all the way out. There was a whole another pavilion there. It’s disgusting, you know. My family swims and eats fish. My husband is a fisherman. They all come from this ocean. And if changes and improvements aren’t made, our beautiful island that attracts locals and visitors alike, will be a toxic wasteland that no one can utilize or benefit from. This affects all aspects of my life, but I know, and I trust, that I am coming from a place of respect and integrity, and I will speak for my company and to my company on this matter. Thank you for your time and consideration. KARY MEDINA: Aloha. Good morning. I’m Kary Medina. I am born and raised on this island. I’m here to speak on behalf of my children and my future generations to follow me. I learned to swim at Kahalu‘u at the age of three. My family is from here, all the way from Kohala to Ka‘ū. My daughter will come and present our genealogy, and you’ll hear the name, Keawi‘iwi, which means the keeper of the bones. That is my ‘ohana. To give back to my people I’m here to speak on behalf of them and our future. I want to raise my kids here and I want their kids to be raised here. I won’t even take my children anymore swimming over there, and it’s sad because that’s where I learned to swim, just because it’s so dirty, it’s lepo. I wasn’t really prepared to speak today. I’m not going to give you numbers and I’m not going to give you all this facts; I’m going to give you my heart. And I know that that place, that iwi, is important to all of us. If it’s not directly from us, or our ‘ohana, it’s, it’s, it’s all our family, it’s everything in that area. I’m privileged to sit here with ‘anakē, that she’s able to speak, and you should be, too. You are able to hear her, her voice. We don’t have many of that anymore, you know, and I’m so blessed that I could have my children here to hear that as well. If it’s all right, I’m going to call my daughter here – she, I filled out the paper for her as well, okay? Mahalo. TAYTUM ‘ĀLOHILOHI MEDINA: Welina mai me ke aloha mai ka piā puka i Haʻi a ka lʻehaʻe a i ka mole ʻo Lehua. Aloha mai kākou. \[Audience: Aloha.\] ‘O ko‘u inoa ‘o ‘Ālohilohi ʻeiwa aʻu makahiki a e haʻi moʻolelo au e pili i koʻu moūʻokʻauhau o ka ʻohana Medina: ‘O Leatrice Yuen, ka wahine, ‘o Charles Keawi‘iwi Kimokeo, ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Evalani Kimokeo, he wahine. ‘O Emily Dusty Medina, ka wahine, ‘ā ‘o Thomas Stubbs, ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Gary Medina, he kāne. ‘O Evalani Kimokeo, ka wahine, ‘ā ‘o Gary Medina, ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Kary Evalani Medina, he wahine. ‘O Muriel Losalio, he wahine, ‘ā ‘o Tsunenori Akahoshi, ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Jerylyn Akahoshi. ‘O Dolores Fernandez, ka wahine, ‘ā ‘o Edward Kamoa‘ali‘i Huihui, ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Edward Huihui, Jr., he kāne. ‘O Jerylyn Akahoshi, ka wahine, ‘ā ‘o Edward Huihui, Jr., ke kāne, noho pū lāua a hānau ‘ia ‘o Kaimi Chad Huihui. ‘O Kary Evalani Medina, ka 10 2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case