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Mori, Ashley <br />From: <br />Leila Morrison <leilam683@gmail.com> <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, August 20, 2020 7:07 PM <br />To: <br />Planning Internet Mail <br />Subject: <br />In support of Kona Conservation Lands <br />_= r z 5n__, <br />-_`a'�. ''= '_=� <br />• <br />14LIN <br />0 j q i'�., } <br />p _ inn 3, .P`5 C 201-1-101 <br />Cz °'�r'k..� :i— .i�..ati sL y� iY: iIIO i. <br />Aloha commissioners, <br />A change of County code and zoning. to allow a hotel, and, conference center at Kona International Airport is <br />unnecessary and untimely for the following reasons: <br />1) The lands surrounding the airport are conservation zoned — most preserved as protected public space after <br />landmark legal rulings ('O'oma, Kekaha Kai State Park, Kohanaiki, Kaloko-Honokohau Cultural Historic Park, etc.). <br />2) These areas include culturally and ecologically significant resources that will be impacted by increased <br />development. This impact would be due to but not limited to increased water use bythe hotel and conference center <br />which currently do _not exist. Why further tax the water resources of a water stricken area; whose limited <br />groundwater is essential to supply important ecological and cultural areas such as Loko Ea (Hawaiian Fishponds) <br />and anchialine pools as well as the fresh water that supports fisheries and serves as some protection from coral <br />bleaching. <br />3) It's rare that flight crew or passengers are stranded at our small, end -of -the -line airport. And with nearby hotel <br />occupancy often at as low as 10%, why not support existing accommodations instead of building more? <br />In October 2019 the Honolulu Airport was rated third worst in the nation due to poor management (AP). Why would <br />we entrust the same entity to manage a similar facility in Kona? <br />Please deny any amendment to this ordinance that would allow a hotel and conference center to be built at Kona's <br />airport. <br />Mahalo, <br />Leila Morrison <br />Resident of Hawai'i Island <br />AfNq <br />�V�1VJ <br />AUG6 V <br />