2018-06-21 Leeward Exh A (AMEND SMA 05-005)

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Natural Resources Defense Council has reported exceedances … of bacteria in water quality.” We already have exceeded water quality as of today; it’s 303(d) Impaired. We still have cesspools and sewers that are going into the ocean direct. It says, “… questions in \[about whether\] the County’s practice of pouring partially treated effluent into an unlined hole about three-quarters of a mile from the shoreline in Honokōhau may be inducing water \[quality\] impacts. Furthermore, despite the significant amount of treated wastewater, many older and scattered parts of Kona continue to rely on cesspools ….” Page 34, the water quality and the scenic resources and trails were all brought up here and expressed. Page 36, it said that, they noted that “Debbie Hecht of the Sierra Club noted the issue of increasing salinity in Kona potable wells due to overpumping of … wells at Waiaha and Palani ….” And wastewater sewer line along Ali‘i Drive to the County’s wastewater plant in Kealakehe. This all still continues; this is since 2008, ten years later. I also read into this that none of this is affordable. And on Page 38 it says, “assessing traffic conditions using the year 2020 …which consisted of \[was consistent with\] … Kahului to Keauhou Parkway ….” They keep referring to this. This is, to me, is a dead subject, and you are putting a cart before a horse. And my main concern here is the public safety. And when all this Kapoho and Leilani Estates is brought up, it brought fear to me personally. And for the developers back then to even allow a development in this east rift zone, knowing it was dangerous, you know, they did not disclose to the people, and that is, that is just so wrong, that what they were going to experience. If they knew what was going to happen in this east rift zone, do you think that they put their lifesavings there? I don’t think so. They’ve lost everything. And it’s very, very sad. And what that, what that volcano does, it creates an earthquake. And why I’m here is because I experienced the earthquake in the ocean in 2006. I was at Kohanaiki, and it was 7:00-ish in the morning and we were surfing. And here it was. It was just a loud “boom.” And the water, the ocean water just shattered and shook, and I thought whoa, who’s doing construction 7:00-ish in the morning on a Sunday. I was like whoa, this is unacceptable. But lo and behold the security guard was waiving us in, “Get out of the water, get out of the water!” And I, so we paddled in, and he said that was an earthquake and there could be a possible tsunami. I was terrified — UNGER: Can you summarize, please? MCMICHAEL: I’m saying that the police say that you should not build anything on Ali‘i Drive unless you have the Keauhou Parkway. We’ve already experienced a tsunami back when, a warning. We could not get out of Ali‘i Drive. Residents went up to Kam III Road. There was an accident there. It took them 45 minutes to get back to Kahalu‘u Beach. Royal Poinciana, the traffic dead stop, my friends that lived on Poinciana Road couldn’t get out of their driveway. I went to the traffic meeting to ask them about that; why did the traffic stop? They said because it was a three-way traffic up on the top. No, here is what happened: The police said, “Get out of your car and start running.” My warning was if a bigger earthquake tsunami happened, the best thing was for me to do, was paddle out to sea. UNGER: Thank you. Can you make some closing statements and then finish, please? 21 EXHIBIT A