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

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vibrant future for her people. So, where in all of that does 306 timeshares fit into her will? She trusted the board to always make the right decisions based off of her expectations. As the host culture our people have been taught to always show aloha. Yes, aloha is our superpower but at the same time also our biggest downfall. The aloha we have shown the world has made it a dream destination for many. Our culture has been under attack for so long, and now our people are saying enough – enough development, timeshares, rail, and on and on and on, all while stomping on the host culture. Hokuli‘a with burials literally sitting under a tarp for over 13 years – unacceptable. We have already established that Kahalu‘u is a historic preservation district. We have already established that there are more than just a few significant cultural sites on the parcel of the proposed development. We may have even already established that the current infrastructure doesn’t allow for this development to happen without further depleting our already minimal resources. We are already on water conservation due to failed pumps that aren’t sufficient enough to meet the over-demand of developments already in Kona, all along Kona Coast. Talks of taking water from mauka to makai are already happening. How much more of an increase, impact, can we expect from this project? On the topic of water, electricity, cable and telephone services, the EA states that the project will connect to existing lines. Wastewater connection will require additional work on portions of Ali‘i Drive. More traffic. Please consider more than just what is to gain with this project, also carefully consider what will be lost forever. The legacy each of us leave our families are also forever. In ending, mahalo for your time. ROLLY FROST: Aloha. I come to you this morning as a technical expert. I spent the last 40 years doing safety and health and environment in Hawai‘i. I have a Master of Science degree in Environmental Health and I’m an expert in underground fluid flows. Started back in 2003 with the Planning Commission, objecting to underground termicides. These buildings are made of very cheap wood. They are not kiln-dried, so they have water inside the wood. They just dry the skin, and then paint penta on the ends. Termites get in, they hallow it out. So, what they do is they inject termicides all around the building. These termicides migrate down to the shoreline, kill the limu, the little fish, the ‘opihi. This is, on O‘ahu they call them, legacy, legacy pollutants instead of legacy. Aldrin, Dieldrin, all of these underground termicides have made it impossible to eat anything from the freshwater sources on O‘ahu. You cannot eat any of it, not the ponds, not the streams; it’s all polluted with termicides. We don’t want that to happen here. There are other pollutants, too. I want to direct your attention, as our kupuna said, to that sewer line. It’s got saltwater in it. And the last year when the sand – I live at Magic Sands, I live at La‘aloa Ahupua‘a, I go down to the beach – when the sand is gone, all the boulders are covered with the bright green limu. I was trained by the Health Department to recognize this as pollution from sewage. Magic Sands has been polluted by sewage by that sewage line. Bright green whenever the sand goes out. That’s a legacy, too. Once you get in this underground stuff, it doesn’t end; it goes on and on and on and on. Kahalu‘u is probably the sweetest snorkeling place in all the islands. I’ve been all around the islands, snorkeled everywhere. There is nothing like Kahalu‘u for the coral and the little tame reef fish. It’s a gorgeous experience. But it won’t last, if we put cheap buildings up around it. On the 4 2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case