2019-03-21 Leeward Exh A - Public Statements (AMEND SMA 07-000020)

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unsafe for people to cross the street and walk and run and also exit for emergencies. So, that’s mine. UNGER: Thank you. You may be seated. Mia Pualei, Melekailani McMichael, Sharon Willeford and Laura Mallery Sayre. And again, if we could ask your kōkua to try, try keep your testimony within three minutes; as you can see, we have quite a bit of people here that are here to testify. So mahalo for that. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: \[Inaudible affirmation.\] UNGER: Thank you. You may begin. Please state your name and your address. WILLEFORD: Aloha, my name is Sharon Willeford. I live on Lako Street. As I’ve been a teacher at Kahakai Elementary School for a very long time, and in reference to the other testimonies, which I agree with, I would just like to point out that during my time there we did not have any evacuation plans for tsunamis, there were no pathways, there was nothing to do but perhaps get out to the street and climb up the hill, if we had notice. Once a year we would do an evacuation, but we would walk the children, all of them, down along the highway to the stone church, and we sit there and give them water and a snack and walk back to school; I guess that would be for an emergency evacuation. But I do not feel that we are prepared to have any more traffic in that area. I frequent Ali‘i Drive every day, and the traffic is stopped from Ali‘i Lani to town every day and often the other direction, it’s stopped. What has happened? The overdevelopment in our community is ridiculous and we need to have a good look at this, because our future, the future of our keiki is in jeopardy right now. The world is going crazy. We have got poison in our food and in our skies and everywhere. We need to focus on farming and taking care of our people and growing food. Thank you so much. MELEKAILANI MCMICHAEL: Aloha, my name is Melekailani McMichael and I live on the Hōlualoa District, and I’m a student at Hōlualoa School. I don’t think that we should build the building because eventually we would have to build a seawall with the building because the waves will get to the building. And then when the wall is built, the waves will slowly break down the wall and all the rocks will get on our beautiful sandy beaches as like the beach in front of it, which is if our beach is all rocky instead of sandy, nobody can really enjoy the beach and the surf with the rocks all around. And I could be surfing at Banyan’s, but my father says it’s too rocky. I would also love to see the ocean instead of buildings in front of the ocean. So what I’m trying to say is please don’t build the building in front of the ocean. Thank you. UNGER: Mahalo. \[Applause from the audience.\] MIA PUALEI MCMICHAEL: Hi, I’m Mia Pualei McMichael. Please do not put a five-story building at Banyan’s because why, if there is a tsunami waves, it’s just going to get ruined because of tidal waves. Just do not do it. It’s for nothing. UNGER: Thank you. 4 EXHIBIT A