HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL-REZ-2022-000017 P. MATLOCK TESTIMONY 11.15.2022Araul Jaclyn
From: Peter Matlock < matlockpeter@gn iI com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15 2022 3:05 PM
To: LPCtestimony
Subject: Item #2, Applicant Shawn Maile Nakoa, Esq. (PL- REZ-2022-000017), TMK: (3)
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Aloha LPC,
I appreciate this opportunity to comment on Item #2, Applicant: Shawn Maile Nakoa, Esq. (PL- REZ-2022-
000017), TMK: (3) 7-7-008:062.
I oppose the proposed rezoning
There is other testimony that discusses in depth the many reasons to oppose the proposed rezoning of this lot
from A-5a to FA-1 a. I defer to the analyses provided by others to oppose the proposed rezoning.
I would, however, like to comment on the disrespectful approach taken by applicant and applicant's
representative (LPH) regarding the site's archaeological significance.
To rely on a survey from 1987 is --at the least --inappropriate. Much in the field of archaeology, and in particular
in our collective understanding of Hawaiian history and culture, has changed in the intervening 35 (yes, thirty-
five) years. We now have a much greater appreciation of how pre -contact Hawaiians practiced highly
productive dry -land farming in this region, and how this knowledge may be critical going forward as we face
dramatic changes such as climate change and requirements to farm under drought conditions.
Applicant and applicant's representative have somehow --through a private phone call of which there is no
current public record --managed to circumvent DLNR and SHPD's recommendation to conduct a new AIS in the
event new structures have been found --and new structures have been found. The attempt to "kick this can
down the road" until a proposed subdivision will only lead to further arguments that costs of a proper AIS can
not be justified. In addition, studying ever smaller portions of what was a large, integrated food production
system becomes more and more meaningless and assures loss of valuable archaeological knowledge and
relics
Please oppose the proposed rezoning
Very respectfully,
Peter Matlock
Kailua Kona. HI
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