HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-04 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Katrina Ortiz-Chavez Opposition Testimony From: Katrina Ortiz-Chavez
To: WPCtestimonv
Subject: Punalu'u Developtment
Date: Monday,March 4,2024 12:47:01 PM
I DO NOT support the proposed development of our sacred Punalu'u! My family was raised
fishing and camping here and now I'm raising my own children with the same culture. Where
are we to go if our land is taken by foreign developers with only money on their mind??
`A'ole to this development!!
1. An Enviornmental Impact Study needs to happen.
2. This proposal has huge negative implications for an environmentally sensitive
area - Hawksbill Turtle habitat.
3. There is no infrastructure to support an influx of people and traffic, -- water,
waste, roads.
4. Why allow the destruction of a pristine and sacred land for the benefit of
developers.
5.This development, so near the coast, within 200' feet of the high water mark,
puts people and facilities in danger from tsunami and flooding.
6. Please consider the impact on the land and community, supporting the people
and community who elected you to serve and protect.
7. This project adds nothing to the quality of life for the land and people.
8. All meetings considering this proposal should be held on Saturdays so all
working people can have a voice.
9. Do your job of taking care of the people and environment at Punalu'u and
disallow this project.
I do not support this development at Punalu'u.
Aloha,
Katrina Ortiz-Chavez, Volcano