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sustainability-" The Act requires that, with respect to Marine resources, the State and County (A) Promote the protection, use, and development of marine and coastal resources to assure their sustainability. The policies of the Act require the State and Counties, "Provide adequate, accessible, and diverse recreational opportunities in the coastal zone management area:' In 1995, our Supreme Court made unequivocally clear Hawaii County agencies may not issue a Special Management Area use pert-nit unless it finds that the proposed project will not have any significant adverse effects. Factors that may constitute significant adverse effects include (a) an irrevocable commitment to loss or• desh•uction of any natural or cultural resource, inclriding but not limited to, historic sites and view planes, (b) effects upon the economic or• social ovelfare and activities of the community, county or state, and (c) actions conh•ary to the objectives and policies of the Coastal Zone Management Act." Puhlic. Access Shoreline 1-ladw. ex r•el. Rothstein Hawaii County Planning Comm'n ex rel. n•lrmoto, aew. ( - cert. enre , 517 U.S. l 163, l16 S. Ct. 1559, 13a L. F.d. 2d fibtl (1996). O~n~ in~rnt~~rv ol•coastal, open space li~on~ Keauhou to Kailua ~'illa~~e is nvn-existent. The ~,nly natural. acce~tiible open beach resoure:c in North Kona a~~ailuble to the Puhlic in ~'~~est 1 la~raii is Kuhanaiki. Without the protection ol-conservative General Plan designations, liti~~~~ti~~n hcc~~n~cs ilic tool by which the public pratccts its interests, as at Wai'aha Bay, one of the fr~~~, remaining undeveloped recreational l~~each ecosystems within walking distance of Kailua to~~n. ~I he open tipacc dc~iLnations through the general plan is a way to build Bridges between ~~ui, the guardians of our c~,astal resources, and the public whose interests you represent. In ~~~nclnsi~~n, 1 ask you protect and preser~ e our remaining, valuable coastal ecosystems, espcei~illy N~~rth of the f larhor, as ohen space, cr~nsistent with the State and Fedora) C7MA. Any other designation, in my opinion, is contrary to the purposes and objectives of the CZ1~~IA, and inconsistent with the County's responsibility to protect and preserve our remaining, valuable coastal resources.