2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I CONTESTED CASE HEARING PUBLIC TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT MAY 15, 2017 The following public testimony was presented at an advertised contested case hearing on the application of OCEAN VILLAS AT KAHALU‘U BAY, LLC (SMA 16-063) at 8:27 a.m. in the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Council Chambers, Building A, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Hearings Officer Robert Crudele, Esq. presiding. PARTIES PRESENT: Stephen Menezes, Esq. (Counsel for Applicant), Christopher Lau (Applicant’s representative), Paula McMichael (Intervenor), J. Yoshimoto, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Director) and Michael Yee (Planning Director) OTHERS PRESENT: Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager) and Noriko Sauer (Commission Secretary) And approximately 50 people from the public in attendance. APPLICANT: OCEAN VILLAS AT KAHALU‘U BAY, LLC (SMA 16-063) Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit application to allow for the development of a 306-unit multiple family residential project and its related improvements including, but not limited to, internal utilities and driveways, landscaping, recreational amenities such as swimming pools, and off-site infrastructural improvements such as sewer system improvements within Ali‘i Drive and an emergency access/driveway improvements within the proposed Kahului-Keauhou Parkway right-of-way. The affected properties, consisting of approximately 42.551 acres, is located along the mauka (east) side of Aliʻi Drive and Kahalu‘u Bay, approximately 1,375 feet north of the Aliʻi Drive-Makolea Street intersection in Kahalu‘u, North Kona, Hawaiʻi, TMK: 7-8-010:004 and 7-8-014:013. LILY MAKUAHINE NAMAKAOKAIA HA‘ANIO KONG: Good morning, everyone. Before I start, I’d like to say a prayer for all of us in Hawaiian, and I will translate in English. My name is Lily Namakaokaia Ha‘anio, Makuahine, Ha‘anio Kong. I was born and raised in Kona all my life. I’m 90 years old. I grew up in Keauhou and I also lived in Kahalu‘u with my godparents, Charles and Lily Kai‘eki. He was the land overseer for Kalākaua, King Kalākaua, and also he escorted King Kalākaua wherever Kalākaua needed to go. So, anyway, I would like also to ask you to excuse me because I’m hard of hearing on my right side and my eyes are very weak. My mom had served on the Committee of Kamehameha Develop\[ment\] Corporation; her name is Mary Ha‘anio from Keauhou. She was the only one to sue Bishop Estate, because – this is our history, part of our history – because Bishop Estate, when they dug up my dad and uncle and three of my brothers, and they was placed in a Primo box, empty Primo box. They had no respect whatsoever for the iwi-s of the ancestors. And I thank you very much for having me today. 1 2017-05-15 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case