HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0188.040 2020-2022 Cindy Freitas
hanahanai@hawaii.rr.com
April 18 2021 CONY CLERK
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RECEIVED
County Council Commissioners Time
Date MAY 0 3 2021
SUBJECT: RES 82-21 PAHOEHOE OF LA'ALOA 29.8 ACRES
Aloha,
I SUPPORT the County to purchase Properties in Kona for PONC Open Space for the following
reasons;
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My name is Cindy Freitas and I'm a Native Hawaiian descended of the native inhabitants of Hawai'i
prior to 1778 and born and raised in Hawai'i.
I am also a practitioner who still practice the cultural traditional customary practices that was instill in
me by my grandparents at a young age from mauka (MOUNTAIN TO SEA) to makai in many areas.
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We as practitioners are still today doing our cultural traditional customary practices on these lands j
including Keakealaniwahi of Holualoa, La'aloa and Pahoehoe of La'aloa.
There are cultural things that consist with monumental walls, lawai'a, platforms,AHU and BURIALS,
surfing, hula, ect., in these area and also recorded on the State Historical Presevation, as well as the
tress that provides a habitat for Hawaiian Hoary bats
Therefore, I humbly ask the County Council Commissioners to Support RES-82-21
Mahalo,
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Cindy Freitas
Comm. No. I Au
Ref. To;
Ref. Date MAY 0 5 2021