HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-02-19 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Gale Scudder Opposition Testimony From: Ouihano,Chasitv
To: WPCtestimony
Subject: FW: Proposed Subdivision at Punalu"u
Date: Tuesday, March 12,2024 4:33:32 PM
From: GSCUDDER@hawaii.rr.com <GSCUDDER@hawaii.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 8:32 AM
To: Council Testimony<counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov>
Subject: Proposed Subdivision at Punalu'u
To whom it may concern,
I have copied and pasted this because it says far better than I can my reasons for
opposing this proposed subdivision.
Punalu`u means driving springs.Wai ola, water is life.Wai from the mauka aquifers feeds
the ponds at Punalu`u . The fish are plentiful in the brackish water of Punalu`u bay. Home
to the threatened Honu, Green Sea Turtle who loves to bask on the warm sand.
A pristine and wahi kapu, sacred place, Kamehameha Paiea trained there as a teenager
with his cousin Keouakuahuula and other ali`i. Kuleana Lands. Four heiau, one
dedicated to Kanaloa , one to Lono, one to Kane and one to Ku , numerous historic and
archaeological sites, caves and ali`i burials are extremely sacred and need to be
protected.
Blanket statement for use in written testimony: use what you wish
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 Nai`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.
Ku ka hale i Punalu'u, i ka wai hu o Kauila
The house stands at Punalu'u , at the gushing water of Kauila.
Mahalo, Gale Scudder
Kapaau, HI