HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0459.010 2024-2026From: Kristin Barrett
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2025 2A3 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support Resolution 286-25,
1 am writing to support Resolution 286-25, being heard by the LAAC on Tuesday, September 2nd. I believe
it is critical that the county purchase this one -of -a -kind tract of land so that is can be preserved in
perpetuity. Its important characteristics are undeniable and are as follows:
-Since the 2018 eruption, lower Puna has had very limited ocean access. We need to save our places
that provide access for fisherman and opihi collectors as well as families who have already been
enjoyingthis area for centuries.
-The area is a hupua'a, home to one of the older, undisturbed village sites on the Puna coast. Culturally,
there is no other place like this as it was the first place settled by the early Polynesians who came here.
-We don't need any more subdivisions with tiny lots and no services. We need to preserve the last best
places to support our Native Hawaiins as well as other local populations who want to enjoy the area.
-There is only one place like this. When it is gone, there's no returning. I implore you to purchase this
important piece of history and ocean access so that it can be preserved, as it so rightfully deserves.
Thankyou,
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Kristin Barrett
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