HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0559.021 2022-2024From: Richard Rimer
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2023 3:56 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Resolution 330-23 1 vote YES!
As a resident of Kapoho, I am in support of protecting our valuable Coastal and cultural resources,
especially since there are so few of them left after the 2018 flow. That eruption graced Kumukahi
with a five year sanctuary period, during which up to 12 endangered species have had relatively
human -free access and during which comprehensive ethnographic information about Kumukahi's
pivotal importance has been published. From a Hawaiian cultural perspective, Kumukahi is imbued
with significance, containing multiple sacred sites and cemeteries. As the place where the sun's rays
first meet the islands —and as a traditional place of healing—Kumukahi has for decades been the
setting where hundreds of people have attended seasonal observances and, recently, two Maui
vigils. It is only right that protection of these valuable places be of utmost priority in the process of
establishing pono access protocols going into the future.
MAHALO,
SINCERELY
DR. RICHARD RIMER D.O.
Comm. No.- vj S q .11
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