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