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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0018.001 2022-2024 i PIFC 12, 1311 L At January 4, 2023 7"1 1`i,i 1V rli e 33 Cindy Freitas makainangi@y,,mail.com Kona Council Chambers West Hawaii Civic Center 74-5044 Keohokalole Hwy Building A Agenda Items Bills For Ordinances 3 and 4 He Mele korno a he mele aloha no na kupuna o ke au i hala Aloha rna6 kakou, Aloha, My name is Cindy Freitas and 'm a Native Hawaiian descended of the native inhabitants of Hawaii prior to 1775 and barn and raised in Hawaii. 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 rnauka (MOUNTAIN TO SEA)to ma ' in many areas, I OPPOSE Ordinances Bill 3 and 4 for the following reasons; In the pass and still continuing in the budget are mads extension,highway extension and ect..are Kahului-Keauhou Parkway ...Mamalahoa Bypass ...Keanalehu Street-...ivlanuwale'a Street Keohokalole Highway(Mid-.Level Road),... Phase I Palani to Kealakehe Parkway... Kamanu Street Extension... La'aloa Street Extension...Keohokalole Highway( Mid-Level Road)....Phase Il, Kealakehe Parkway to Hina Lani Street... Dani Kailua Street Extension .... Makai section(I{ua ini Highway to Ali' i Drive) ..... Mauka section( Hualal[i road to Kuakini Highway)... Kealaka'a Street Extension— Keohokalole Highway(Mid-Level Road),Phase III,...Dina Lani Street to Kaiminani. Drive.. Hienaloli Street Extension University Drive . All this roads and highway has given me great pain to see that rule BP.S 711-1107 (2) "Desecrate" means defacing,damaging, polluting, or otherwise physically mistreating in a way that the defendant knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely to observe or discover the defendant's action. Native ecosystems.Native forest habitats in Kona still exist as a wet forest band at the raid-slope elevation corresponding to the area of higher rainfall, as well as in pockets of dryland forest.Although all ecosystems have been affected to some degree by human activity and the introduction of alien species,the greatest impact by far has been on the lowland areas.Modification of these ecosystems began with the Dative Hawaiians, along with the introduction of non-native species. such as feral ungulates,and was accelerated by cattle ranching, agriculture,and urbanization. Where remnants of native dryland forest still exist, they are a rare and precious legacy,The native wet forest remains today as a band of forest providing essential habitat and watershed functions. By putting another highway or roads will disturbed the Dative habitats as will as the historical areas that holds the peoples legacy prier to the inhabitants of the land.That comes under Article 12 Section 7 of the HAWAR CONSTMMONALLAWS M. N . Ref.T ; P Ref. ate.,®. 4 423 The State reaffirms and shall protect all rights, customarily and traditionally exercised for subsistence, cultural and religious purposes and possessed by ahupua'a tenants who are descendants of native Hawaiians who inhabited the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778, subject to the right of the State to regulate such rights. [Add Const Con 1978 and election Nov 7, 1978] The reasons to minimize human impacts on natural resources are any,while many are yet to be known. Ecosystem services upon which our survival depends(e.g., clean drinking water) must be maintained.This concept was honored by Hawai' i' s earliest inhabitants,most clearly in the "mountain to sea" ahupua`a model of land use.This awareness and the larger reality of the intrinsic value and interconnectedness of all natural systems should be expanded upon and protected through education and intelligent land use policy. The Kona CDPs Land Use Policies are intended to limit both urban and rural sprawl and also serves to provide direct benefits toward managing our resources. This will corne under Clean Water Act HAR 11de 11 Chapter 54 and 55 Integrating the Coastal Resources. Kona is blessed with unique anchialine ponds,beautiful sandy beaches, abundant coral reefs, and clear nearshore waters. at we do on the land impacts these coastal resources.The objectives are to manage the activities that are the major source of pollutants that reach the coastal waters through groundwater seepage or surface runoff, and to monitor the water quality to know when corrective action is in order Policy ENV-1. 5: Sensitive Resources. In the context of Kona's ecology and history, the following natural and cultural resources shall be considered sensitive and therefore shall be inventoried,asp of any permit application to the County Planning Department(see Figures 4-8a to 4-8d): Critical habitat areas as identified by the I.I. S. Fish&Wildlife or County General Plan; Predominantly native ecosystems,which may not be considered endangered but are valued because of their nearly pristine condition;Anchialine ponds subject to a management Program addressed in Policy ENV-1. 10: Non- Degradation of Anchialine Ponds; High-level groundwater recharge area which shall initially be defined as all lands mauka of the 1, 500 foot elevation and which may be refined by the Kona Maka Watershed Management Program; Historic trails;Archaeological and historic sites subject to protection under HRS Chapter 6E ; and, Enhanced Shoreline Setback(see Policy LU-1. 5).Any permit application that encompasses any of the above resources shall strive to incorporate these resources as assets. if a proposed project will have significant,unavoidable,adverse impacts to any of the above resources, the presumption shall be denial of the application and the applicant will have the burden of explaining any overriding considerations.The presence of any of these resources shall qualify for density transfers based on potential gross density allowed by the prevailing zoning.The protection or restoration of any of these resources shall qualify for funding from the Kona Treasures Fund see Policy ENV-33), (Enacted by plan) Therefore I OPPOSE for all above reasons.. Mahalo -/s/ Cindy Freitas