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<br /> <br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br /> <br />CONTESTED CASE HEARING <br />PUBLIC TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT <br />APRIL 18, 2017 <br /> <br />The following public testimony was presented at an advertised contested case hearing on the <br />application of OCEAN VILLAS AT KAHALU‘U BAY, LLC (SMA 16-063) at 8:04 a.m. in the <br />West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Hearings Officer Robert Crudele, Esq. presiding. <br /> <br />PARTIES PRESENT: Stephen Menezes, Esq. (Counsel for Applicant), William Moore <br />(Applicant’s representative), Paula McMichael (Intervenor), J. Yoshimoto, Esq. (Counsel for the <br />Planning Director) and Daryn Arai (Deputy Planning Director) <br /> <br />OTHERS PRESENT: Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager) and Noriko Sauer (Commission <br />Secretary) <br /> <br />And approximately 25 people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />APPLICANT: OCEAN VILLAS AT KAHALU‘U BAY, LLC (SMA 16-063) <br />Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit application to allow for the development of a <br />306-unit multiple family residential project and its related improvements including, but not limited <br />to, internal utilities and driveways, landscaping, recreational amenities such as swimming pools, <br />and off-site infrastructural improvements such as sewer system improvements within Ali‘i Drive <br />and an emergency access/driveway improvements within the proposed Kahului-Keauhou Parkway <br />right-of-way. The affected properties, consisting of approximately 42.551 acres, is located along <br />the mauka (east) side of Aliʻi Drive and Kahalu‘u Bay, approximately 1,375 feet north of the Aliʻi <br />Drive-Makolea Street intersection in Kahalu‘u, North Kona, Hawaiʻi, TMK: 7-8-010:004 and <br />7-8-014:013. <br /> <br />SANDY KAMAKA: \[Began with a chant accompanied by others in audience\] E hō mai ka ‘ike <br />mai luna mai ē. ‘O nā mea huna no‘eau o nā mele ē. E hō mai, e hō mai, e hō mai ē. E hō mai ka <br />‘ike mai luna mai ē. ‘O nā mea huna no‘eau o nā mele ē. E hō mai, e hō mai, e hō mai ē. E hō <br />mai ka ‘ike mai luna mai ē. ‘O nā mea huna no‘eau o nā mele ē. E hō mai, e hō mai, e hō mai ē. <br />Mahalo. <br /> <br />Aloha. I am Sandy Lehua Kamaka. Good morning, kakahiaka nō. Mahalo, Hearings Officer. <br /> <br />Teachings of the ancestors it is in these times of no words, silence, that great and powerful <br />teachings surface. It is in those very moments that you watch carefully, listen attentively, and <br />become the learner you are intended to be. Subtle movements are recognized, not lost in the <br />moment, or overlooked. In the silence the teachings penetrate my being. In the silence I’m able to <br />notice that which will hold me in the knowing, carry me in the stream of knowledge, how to move, <br />where to look. My actions are dictated by higher powers led by Spirit. It is in these moments that <br />1 <br /> <br />2017-04-18 Public Testimony on SMA 16-063 Contested Case <br /> <br />