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From: Ouihano,Chasitv <br /> To: WPCtestimony <br /> Subject: FW: Proposed Subdivision at Punalu"u <br /> Date: Tuesday, March 12,2024 4:33:32 PM <br /> From: GSCUDDER@hawaii.rr.com <GSCUDDER@hawaii.rr.com> <br /> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 8:32 AM <br /> To: Council Testimony<counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov> <br /> Subject: Proposed Subdivision at Punalu'u <br /> To whom it may concern, <br /> I have copied and pasted this because it says far better than I can my reasons for <br /> opposing this proposed subdivision. <br /> Punalu`u means driving springs.Wai ola, water is life.Wai from the mauka aquifers feeds <br /> the ponds at Punalu`u . The fish are plentiful in the brackish water of Punalu`u bay. Home <br /> to the threatened Honu, Green Sea Turtle who loves to bask on the warm sand. <br /> A pristine and wahi kapu, sacred place, Kamehameha Paiea trained there as a teenager <br /> with his cousin Keouakuahuula and other ali`i. Kuleana Lands. Four heiau, one <br /> dedicated to Kanaloa , one to Lono, one to Kane and one to Ku , numerous historic and <br /> archaeological sites, caves and ali`i burials are extremely sacred and need to be <br /> protected. <br /> Blanket statement for use in written testimony: use what you wish <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. <br /> A corporation will be encroaching upon the fragile and pristine ecosystem of Punalu`u <br /> Bay and Black Sand beach and Ninole Cove. <br /> This would be very detrimental to the indigenous and endemic animal habitats , native <br /> flora and fauna and the freshwater springs that is the life for us all. The native Loulu Palm <br /> tree, native hawaiian poppy, Pua Kala and the Native cotton plant Ma`o important to the <br /> fauna ecosystem there. <br /> Endangered species live here including the `Ope`apea the native Hawaiian Hoary bat, the <br /> Honu`ea Hawksbill Turtle who lay their eggs and build nests on the sand, the <br /> `ilioholoikauaua monk seal, the native damselfly, the Koloa duck, lo, the Pueo native <br /> Hawaiian Owl, the to native hawaiian hawk and many rare varieties of limu, ko`ele, opihi. <br /> The Nai`a spinner dolphin, porpoise, Kohola Humpback whale, Sperm whale,various <br /> species of Mano shark and pilot whales are a few of the sea creatures that inhabit the <br /> waters in and around Punalu`u and Ninole bays. <br />