2018-01-18 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SMA 412, REZ 17-225 & SMA 17-068))

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On the other hand we have greed, no, I take that back, greed is what is already, already shamelessly built there; this is way beyond greed. We have a corporation that treats nature like a commodity and that is willing to sacrifice a historical preserve to make more money than they can ever spend. We have Lava Lava Beach Club that exhibits the worst colonial attitude as if they own the entire bay. If you just take a look at their own map, look where the red line is to the left. It looks like they own the entire shoreline, including the ocean, and that’s their own red line. And the parking issue is a daily issue, not a special event one; it happens every day. I know because I bicycle there every evening. And cars that want to go to Lava Lava Beach Club have no place and they go to the public beach parking. But you do not have to take my word for it; all you have to do is read the exact words that the Waikoloa Land Company posted right at the entrance of the bay. Right there, that’s their own words, I have pictures if you need, but I’m going to quote them: “The company president, Ronald Boeddeker, was a man of extra ordinary vision. In a rapidly changing Hawai‘i, he saw Waikoloa as a sanctuary for both man and nature. To that end, he conceived a resort that would abide in harmony with its environment, fulfill the historical destiny of the area, as a place of culture, a playground fit for royalty and a special place of the spirit. Waikoloa Beach Resort was designed as a master planned resort community where all development conformed to the contours of the land itself, rather than imposing man’s ambitions on nature. Respect for the past, a present committed to the enrichment of life, and a sense of responsibility to future generations were integral to the design. The land and sea, the past and its stories, are all facets of the climate of natural enrichment guests discover at the resort. Now, as always, the human spirit is energized by open space, a continuum where creation has been carefully shepherded and is entrusted to the future.” So as you can obviously see, that permit goes against the very own philosophy proclaimed by the Waikoloa Beach Resort. And the only permit that should be discussed is not one that builds more and destroys the bay further, it is a permit that removes entirely the Lava Lava Beach Club from a preserved historical sacred site on which it should have never been authorized to be built in the first place. Mahalo. ALOS: Aloha. Good afternoon. My name is Julia Alos and I live in Waikoloa. Can everybody hear me? I’ve been visiting Waikoloa ‘Anaeho‘omalu Bay for 27 years since I moved here, and I find it very historical and historically significant and cultural, rich location that has been enjoyed by many locals and visitors alike. Since Fukushima Tsunami it drastically changed the landscape and the beach in that area. I see a 50 percent loss of sand, there is no more shade because all of the palm trees are now swept away and there’s a little stubs, few stubs, there is hardly any more left on the shoreline. And I feel that the Army Corps of Engineers put hardened sand in the area at the beach where we only have 50 percent, and it’s really made the hard, the sand very hard. And I feel that this area has been enjoyed for century by Hawaiians, it’s their home, by Parker Ranch employees and their family, native Hawaiian fisherman practicing with their forefathers taught them to sustain their culture, feeding their families where their ancestors worked hard to build this ancient pond and maintained them to feed the royalty. Evidenced by documentation and its testament by the witness of the offering of makahiki that continues today on this site, just to name a few things. I feel it is an important, these are important issues and they are legally binding. 26 EXHIBIT B