There’s a “good chance” that who ever gets the contract to clear and grub the land. Will mine all the sand and sell it?
In exchange for materials to start & construct dwellings?
EXAMPLE;
“Just like HRI, CHURCH did with that HALL you all built, makai of Kahuku Superette! Mining the sand dunes, and selling the sand..

Have you taken into consideration? That your excavating and mining, in these areas, will cause a possible health threat via contamination? And that we the already existing (resident’s) living between Kahuku to Punalu could have their water contaminated? True you’ll say that the Board of Watter Supply has well sites, and filtering system, but that’s now! But there’s no work being done at the present..

CATTLE, have been on this “land which is all sand” from the C&C Corporation yard to the Malaekahana stream, trust me, it’s all sand this areas that your planning on developing as “Affordable Residents”..

This Project is all about foreigners investing big bucks to live, mauka of Kam Hwy. Forcing Taxes to go up & US having to move!
Million Dollar Homes, Million Dollar Taxes!

There is “No Guarantee” that we the now existing residents from Kahuku to Laie to Punalu, wont have our water contaminated!
HEAVIE RAINS would make the seepage of said contaminates a reality for us, in our drinking water? This areas for developments all have existing Hawaiian Springs running under ground coming from mauka running underground makai.

One doesn’t have to look far to see the truth behind this project, nor it’s impact on this area and it’s residents, from Kahuku to Punalu..

We thoroughly enjoyed caretaking for the Cook Estate in the early 1970’s. That area is now just Makai of a parking lot, but I can still recognize the trees and where the old driveway was.

Best Regards,
Frank E. Merrill