2019-03-07 Hearing Transcript - Wailani Development, LLC Amend REZ 10-117

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and the people taking the dirt has no authority to take the dirt. Those dirt belong to the Crown. So, there's a lot of criminal involvement going on, and you don't want to be part of the crime now. So, even this Commission, being that you're a County commission, you're limited to lands rebranded as Hawaiian Home Lands only until such time there is a document between the Hawaiian Kingdom and stating that the, they gave up the two million plus acres that was not ceded illegally in 1898. So, the question of jurisdiction is always going to be—you got a, you got Corporation Counsel here that can tell you, tell you the limits of their jurisdiction. Remember, now, your taking and accepting a dedicated road so you can have jurisdiction over that road. So, if you don't have jurisdiction over that land, piece of land there, you cannot have jurisdiction over the rest. Thank you. DUGAR: Hi, good afternoon. My name is Bobby Dugar. I work with Day-Lum, Inc. Nancy Cabral is visiting her 91 -year old father before surgery and unable to make it, so I'm speaking on her behalf from her words that she has given to me. Let's see here. Dear Planning Director and Members of the Windward Planning Commission. I, Nancy Cabral, am a long-time resident of Hilo and deeply involved in our community and in housing for residents. I have worked in property management in Hilo for the past 39 years. I am the owner of Day-Lum Rentals & Management and Coldwell Banker Day-Lum Properties. I have also served as volunteer with a planning commission in Hawaii. I have prepared the statement in support of wise and proper growth of our wonderful City of Hilo and Hawaii Island home. I have reviewed the requests from Wailani Development and feel that these modifications are reasonable in light of the difficulty and cost of providing new land for housing and commercial office spaces. Please provide continued approval of the Wailani Development that is before you regarding the development of their land located above Komohana Street at the top of Ponahawai Street. I ask you, I ask that you consider the following: (1) The property has long been envisioned as a community center to service our Hilo and East Hawaii neighborhoods with additional homes, commercial businesses, retail options, and a greater selection of medical services; (2) This excellent location will provide more housing and services to support our hospital, medical center, university, public schools, telescope community, and Downtown center; (3) Its superior location near our hospital and numerous medical offices will provide for an excellent location for our kupuna to live with assurance that they are close to medical support when needed; (4) It will help provide our community with desperately needed homes, including affordable housing, that will have adjacent services to help provide for the needs of these new residents to our community; (5) It is serviced by numerous public roadways—Komohana, Ponahawai, and Mohouli Streetsso that no one street will be overly burdened by traffic; (6) It is in line with forward thinking, community living concepts that plans for the population to live near stores, services, schools, and work; and lastly (7) It will provide for homes and businesses in Hilo. The development of this land will help save our community trees and our planet with less consumption of land for roadways, less surburban sprawl, less need for cars and highways. I appreciate your position as members of the Planning Commission, and our community is growing, and last thing here. Please help plan Hilo growth wisely. Respectfully submitted, Nancy Cabral. EXHIBIT C 21