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VICENTE/MAHI-HANAL [No response.]
<br />CLARKSON: Okay. Let's start on this end with Peggy, and please introduce yourself, where
<br />you're from, and proceed with your testimony, please.
<br />FARIAS: Good morning. My name is Peggy Farias. I'm the president of W. H. Shipman, Ltd.,
<br />in Kea`au. I'm also a resident of Paradise Park. I have already submitted written testimony, so I
<br />just wanted to affirm to you folks that W. H. Shipman, Ltd. is in full support of this project. We
<br />think that the opportunities and services that Lili`uokalani Trust will be providing to the
<br />community are excellent for an underserved population, and we just really hope that you will
<br />consider and grant this special use application. Thank you.
<br />CLARKSON: Thank you. We'll hold questions for the testifiers until the end. Please proceed,
<br />Mr. Vicente.
<br />VICENTE: Dwight Vicente representing the Hawaiian Kingdom from Hilo, Hawaiian
<br />Kingdom. There's a lot of questions as to who actually owns those lands because those lands is
<br />actually Lunalilo Trust, and Shipman claim now they own the land. And, the lands are still
<br />under the jurisdiction of the Hawaiian Kingdom. If you was to read the Ceded Land Law
<br />Review by the UH, it says only 1,750,000 acres was ceded illegally to the United States in 1898.
<br />That became the Territory of Hawaii in 1900. Hawaiian Homes rebranded Crown and
<br />Government lands to become Hawaiian Homes in 1920. State of Hawai`i/Hawaiian Homes
<br />1959, its still 1,750,000 acres, and unless you're dealing with Hawaiian Home Lands, you're, it's
<br />outside of your jurisdiction. So, the County, the State jurisdiction, for now, being that it's
<br />questionable, is limited to lands designated Hawaiian Home Lands. And, these lands are not
<br />within the Hawaiian Home Lands. So, I would have to object on behalf of the Kingdom that
<br />you're expanding.
<br />And, the other thing is we're dealing with treaties that never was like the 1875 Reciprocity
<br />Treaty. King Kalakaua and the U.S. President did not sign. And, in 1897, all treaties with
<br />foreign countries ended, so then there's the question of your nationality, your standing on the
<br />Commission, whether you can be in the Kingdom legally.
<br />And, with that, I'll end with the reservation of the rights of this Kingdom. Thank you.
<br />MAHI-HANAL Aloha, my name is Shelley Mahi-Hanai, and I want to support the Queen
<br />Lili`uokalani Trust and endeavor toward agricultural sustainability and also connecting the
<br />Native Hawaiians, the Kanaka Maoli, back to the land. And, I wantedI'm with the Native
<br />Tenant Protection Council, and I just want to just bring that up as also another right that the
<br />Native Hawaiians have, the Kanaka Maoli have.
<br />Also, I want to commend the County for doing proper planning especially when it has to do with
<br />Native Hawaiian water rights. HRS 174C-101, so there's certain obligations that the State and
<br />the County have as a municipal corporation of the State. But, I also wanted to bring up just to
<br />remind the Queen Lili`uokalani Trust about the Hamakua land, that that is another big
<br />opportunity which the County ended up, I guess as they put, inheriting the, what was it,
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