HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0459.136 2024-2026From: liana Stout
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Sent: Friday, August 29, 2025 12:00 PM
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To: Council Testimony
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Subject: HONOLULU
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To: County Legislative Approval & Acquisition Committee (LAAC)
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From: Ilana Stout, Wa'awa'a, Puna, Moku o Keawe
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Date: 8/29/25
Re: RESOLUTION NO: 286-25
Testimony in Strong Support of HI County Acquisition of Parcels 1-4-003:020 &,1-4-003:019 (Honolulu
Ahupua'a, Puna)
Aloha Kakou,
I am writing in strong support of measure resolution 296-25.1 know thatyou have received testimony
from many people detailing Honolulu's significant historical, cultural and ecological resources.
As someone who lives in Wa'awa'a and drives through Honolulu every day on my way to and from work I
wanted to add some perspective on current use of the area by the community.
People gather here to fish, to dive, to celebrate both weddings and funerals. They come here to meditate,
to paint, to relax after work, to walk their dogs and to play with their children in the sand. In the area
mauka of the road, people gather coconuts and noni and hala. They gather la'au for graduation and
kinolau for merrie monarch.
Every single day that I drive through this sacred place I see people connectingwith the ocean and the
forest in beautiful and importantways.
I urge you to do everything in your power to protect Honolulu and preserve it in perpetuity.
Me ke ha'aha'a,
Ilana Stout
Wa'awa'a, Puna, Hawaii
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