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From: Randy Goff <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: Punalu'u <br /> Date: Sunday, March 10, 2024 8:20:37 PM <br /> Aloha, <br /> Please oppose the developer wants to put in "225 residential and short stay units, village and <br /> wellness center,retail uses,rehabilitation and use of golf course." <br /> Please deny the Shoreline Management Area/SMA permit extension for Black Sands Beach <br /> LLC at Punalu'u". <br /> Punalu`u means diving springs. Wai ola, water is life. Wai from the mauka aquifers feeds the <br /> ponds at Punalu`u . The fish are plentiful in the brackish water of Punalu`u bay. Home to the <br /> threatened Honu, Green Sea Turtle who loves to bask on the black sand beach. We must save <br /> this sacred place forever, it is our responsibility. <br /> Please consider the last remaining undeveloped coastline in all of Hawaii. And the value you <br /> can impact by making a considerate choice for the future of Hawaii,your children and <br /> generations to come. <br /> The daily impact to the environment of hundreds of people traversing on the tiny beach, <br /> taking sand and iliili pebbles is inevitable, if this development is approved. A corporation will <br /> be encroaching upon the fragile and pristine ecosystem of Punalu`u Bay and Black Sand beach <br /> and Ninole Cove. This would be very detrimental to the indigenous and endemic animal <br /> habitats , native flora and fauna and the freshwater springs that is the life for us all. The native <br /> Loulu Palm tree,native hawaiian poppy, Pua Kala and the Native cotton plant Ma`o important <br /> to the fauna ecosystem there. Endangered species live here including the `Ope`apea the native <br /> Hawaiian Hoary bat,the Honu`ea Hawksbill Turtle who lay their eggs and build nests on the <br /> sand,the `ilioholoikauaua monk seal,the native damselfly, the Koloa duck,Nene the <br /> Hawaiian goose , `auku`u,the Pueo native Hawaiian Owl,the Io native hawaiian hawk and <br /> many rare varieties of limu,ko`ele, opihi. The Nai`a spinner dolphin, porpoise, Kohola <br /> Humpback whale, Sperm whale,various species of Mano shark and pilot whales are a few of <br /> the sea creatures that inhabit the waters in and around Punalu`u and Ninole bays. Do not <br /> approve the SMA permit to allow these new developers to use and desecrate the wahi kapu of <br /> Punalu`u." Mahalo! <br /> Randy Goff <br />