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

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how they can continue to use it. But, once again, that area is desecrated. And we need to not let them do that. We need to stop it. Right now there is more questions about this development than there are answers. Some of the questions – and it’s not even micromanaging yet – some of the questions are about the sacredness of the land, which I just shared with you, the historical ties to the lands, which was also shared with you. Uncle Earl also shared about the burial desecrations underway that they were buried in that area. Twenty-five percent water reduction happening right now; if we built 306, how much more would we have to reduce our water at that point? Traffic in that area right now there are stop-signs all over Ali‘i Drive; how much more times do we have to stop before we get to our destination? Evacuation routes, what’s going to happen, if we do have an emergency, tsunami evacuations? Do we have enough areas to evacuate that area – which I don’t believe we do, because right now when there is a tsunami warning, our roads are already clogged up in that section. And also, infrastructure, like I was saying earlier, a lot of people are thinking about our growing economy but not thinking about the host culture and the people of this area, and by the time you think that, it’s, that you destructed something, it’s too late to go back and try to restore something like that. So it’s very significant and very important that we answer questions before we start moving forward with what we want to do and putting up our blinds and not wanting to listen to certain people’s testimonies. So, as I was saying, as an employee of Kamehameha Schools, we are sending mixed messages to our future generations, of wanting to restore and dismantle a hotel and restore a heiau on a certain side and then on the opposite side of the street we are going to go ahead with development, which is sending a really mixed message to our students. And, to tell you the truth, I’m not supposed to be speaking on behalf of Kamehameha Schools, so I am not speaking on behalf of Kamehameha Schools and speaking on behalf of myself. I may not have a job with Kamehameha Schools after this, but what needs to be done needs to be done. So, to me these issues show a sign of overdevelopment in this area. The solution to me is to not develop more in this area but to listen to the families of this area, and allow things to rejuvenate, replenish and be left alone. Mahalo. CASSANDRA MILLER: Aloha. Good morning. I’m a transplant from Oklahoma, and have been here working hard. I live right down the street in the neighborhood by Plumeria-Royal Poinciana, so I’ve been to Kahalu‘u quite a lot, hanging out, walking, going snorkeling, enjoying it. And even in the last couple of years that I’ve been here, I’ve noticed an influx of pollutants in the water. The sunscreen or the oil or whatever that’s going from the street into the water whenever the rain comes through, you can see the rivers, the streams of it, swim through it, not be able to see out of your goggles and then all of a sudden be able to see without your goggles, and turn around and see the stream that’s going through. So, that’s happening right now. I can’t imagine what’s going to happen when at least 306, let’s say one car per timeshare, comes through – that’s not counting maintenance trucks, that’s not counting managers, people coming to visit – adding all of those cars everyday coming through the four stop signs that takes to go into town, sitting there, waiting longer in traffic, oil spilling onto the road, if raining, that going into the beach. That’s Problem One. Problem Two, let’s cut down all the trees, which keep us clean air, keep shade, bring the breeze in, bring the rain. Cut down those trees not only does the soil, the physical soil go, the people who are buried underneath there go with it, get washed out into an already polluted water mass into the 12 2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case