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parking spae~s---no bikes albs 6~ailua and Kona eorrgmuniti~s eh aria; the dig Island needs it. We need it nom and vain need it more so in the future. Vide understand that sae also need revenue to run the County, but do ease ant that avenue at the expee~se of our future? That mould ! Gke the story about the hungry Young rrsan mho sells his birthright for a bowl of soup. l~i~er~rds he realized what he had done, but it °,s too late. We understand that Maui County mill have a Charter arnendnt on the Alovember ballot that ill ask the people if they ill saapport a 1®/~ (one per cent) raise in property tastes to obtain and support parks and open spaces. Tim organgzation ~rrasf dot' f'u6dac Lands has eonducted a poll of people on l~laui and they supporter the idea. The Trust armed as a facilitator ?with the mayor and council v~ho also su rt a idea. What a great idea for us to ider in 8~aaii County! K~~l~'~K~ besides the obvious ocean beaeh sites, other areas also deserve the ®pen Space designation; some because of historical or culr~l i nce. smoother very importargt reason for setting aside open space is to preser~ae the pristirse seas and reefs that border the land. Keopuka is one of these areas. Those ~vho are familiar vaith Kona (and mush of the dig Island) kno~as that the earth is riddled asvith lava fiubes large and small. V'~dheri there is develop t or even esive agrilture, top soil, fertilizers, herbieides and general rur~-off frorr~ streets ill p ir3to srrll and large ptskas and find their may to the ocearti. As ~sse found out with the I~okuli'a development, a!I it took ~~as t~ovvo hard rains to wash topsoil into the sea. Vide ill be risking ur€:igue Kealakekua gay if developrr~nt is allsaed above and aside the day. The ofr of ~e deveksper, as reported in l?llesf ~a~odag~ {3urre 1 fio t aside sorry Keopuka land near the ocean is good, but unfortunately ill not keep page and erosion from entering the ocean from use nearby higher elevations. The land offerc;d land, 1C~puka „Mats", is mostly a pahoehoe lava €s~ that flattens out for a short disfiance be!ore the sea cli#fs. 64Aaui's once beaufiiful sore! reefs aid ce~ast are suerirrg frorrr the developrncer~t of horns and golf courses n~:ar the shore and l~Sa~ai scsil is generally not r~arly so porous as ours. This may be our last chance to choose what kind of future ~lawaii County mill have. We can eopy (3ahu and ~81aui and co to nth them f®r the most hotels, golf courses ao~d multimillion dollar horns or can be the iand that still has the beautiful reefs, ~sater and open spaces that nom attract visitors and eke otr~° lives so en~oyal~le. The rraore development ewe have, the more infrastructure a neeai, the more mater ~e need, the more revenue ~e need, and on and on. There is no doubt that our population mil! continue to gro~~ no matter mat ~e do. We have the opportur€ity nose to control homes that growth affects the quality o$ life for us, our ehildren and fore resrdents in the years to come.