HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-04 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Christy Requelman Opposition Testimony (2) From: christy reauelman
To: WPCtestimonv;Council Remote Testimony
Subject: Oppose Punalu"u Development
Date: Monday, March 4, 2024 2:40:50 PM
Aloha,
The daily impact to the environment of
hundreds of people traversing on the tiny
beach, taking sand and iliili pebbles is
inevitable, if this development is approved.
A corporation will be encroaching upon the
fragile and pristine ecosystem of Punalu'u Bay
and Black Sand beach and Ninole Cove.
This would be very detrimental to the
indigenous and endemic animal habitats
native flora and fauna and the freshwater
springs that is the life for us all. The native
Loulu Palm tree, native hawaiian poppy, Pua
Kala and the Native cotton plant Ma'o
important to the fauna ecosystem there.
Endangered species live here including the
Ope'apea the native Hawaiian Hoary bat, the
Honu'ea Hawksbill Turtle who lay their eggs
and build nests on the sand, the
ilioholoikauaua monk seal, the native
damselfly, the Koloa duck, lo, the Pueo native
Hawaiian Owl, the to native hawaiian hawk and
many rare varieties of limu, ko'ele, opihi. The
Vai'a spinner dolphin,porpoise, Kohola
Humpback whale, Sperm whale, various
species of Mano shark and pilot whales are a
few of the sea creatures that inhabit the
waters in and around Punalu'u and Ninole
bays.
Do not approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and desecrate the wahi
kapu of Punalu'u.
Aloha&Mahalo,
Sypris & Aaden Requelman