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From Thu, Jun 20, 2002 7:54 AM Page 1 of 2 c_ Alastair Glennie Janice Palma-Glennie P. 0. 4849 Kailua-Kona, F9awai~i 96745 Tel #808-324-0093 To: The 1=ulf Hawaii County Council 12e: Open Space designation for Kohanaiki, O~oma, Keopuka, Kealakekua, I'ohue Bay, Mau~umae, North Kohala June ~q, 2002 am speaking on behalf of myself, Janice Palma-Glennie, and my husband, Alastair Glennie, who is also here tonight. First, we'd like to thank Planning Director Chris Yuen and Mayor Kim for going out on a limb to do what's right for our community and the future of this island. Also, the consistent support of representatives like Curtis Tyler, Nancy Pissichio, and Julie Jacobsen gives us heart. We feel that land use planning--aside from population growth--is the most important, and most ignored, issue facing Hawaii. From land use stems all other plights and benefits to society. Without proper planning, roads jam, schools become inadequate, youth becomes aimless, families are divided, the environment degrades, and good health becomes less attainable. Ciut you, our council members--with the guidance of these people here tonight--can choose to follow through on great planning ideas like the one to designate as "open space" areas like I<ohanaiki, O'oma, Keopuka, and Kealakekua. My husband and I had ourfirstexperience of the I<ohanaiki/O'oma coastline in ~q88. It felt like "Out of Africa"--beautiful, wild, pristine and abundant. Since then, we go there often and see so many other folks from this community who have now become life- long friends. From those early days, we watched hot dogging grommets become loving, responsible adults, many of whom are now taking their own families to"Pine Trees." The days we've spent surfing, picnicking and just hanging out and the nights we've spent camped under the stars at I<ohanaiki make up some of the best, most magical times of our lives. Comas. Nae_ file No. _ _ Ref. °To: W JUN ~ 0 ZOOZ Ref. Date