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In 1990, DECISIONS -ACTION 90's, a report to Hawaii County calls on state and County to "quickly and clearly establish areas in the County that are never to be developed" and as examples where development should be discouraged cites "North Kona and Kohala". In 1991, The NORTH KOHALA COASTLINE CONFERENCE sponsored by the Kohala Community Association and the U.H. Sea Grant Program called for the establishment of a broad Scenic and Historic Heritage Area and development of an Integrated Coastal Resource Management Plan for resource conservation. ---In 1992, THE NORTHWEST HAWAII OPEN SPACE AND COhwIUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, calls for a comprehensive effort to protect valuable coastal areas as open space for public use and enjoyment. The plan recognizes that there has been significant public interest in establishing a "no resort development' policy for lands makai of Akoni Pule highway between Kawaihae to Upolu Point and identifies this entire coastline to be established as park land and recommends that a serious planing and land acquisition program be initiated so , that, in time, most of these coastal lands can be acquired and set aside for public use. ---In 1993, "THE DRAFT NORTHWEST HAWAII REGIONAL PLAN", with revisions, is intended to supersede the 1983 North Kohala Community Development Plan upon its adoption. This plan, like the development plan is to implement the General Plan under a shorter { 10 to 1 s-year) time frame. The plan indicates a coastal access trail around the entire coast including in the location of the subject C&R's. --In 1994, SENATE RESOLUTION 85 was passed requesting the Department Of Land and Natural Resource to assess the recreational, scenic, and historicaVcultural resources of the 29 miles of North Kohala coastline along Akoni Pule Highway between Kawaihae Harbor and Upolu Point for possible public acquisition prior to construction of any additional infrastructure. In 2000, THE KOHALA HISTORIC AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE collected well over six hundred signatures from Kohala residents and submitted them as part of a community response to the update of the Hawaii County Comprehensive Plan, urging the preservation and protection of the region from Kawaihae to Pololu Valley. ---In 2001, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 146, S. D. 1, passed both houses of the State Legislature, urging the retention and preservation of open space and view planes, historic sites, and traditional access along the coastline of the North Kohala District and again called for collaboration to discourage subdivision and building development. In 2001,The STATE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES chairperson, Mr. Gilbert Coloma-Agaran, testified before the State Senate Committee of Water, Land, Energy and Environment, recognizing the significance of S.C.R. NO. 146, S.D. 1, pledged it's support to coordinate with the County Of Hawaii and the residents of Kohala. ---In 2002, The COUNTY OF HAWAII PLANNING COMMISSION and agreed to by the Planing Director, recognizing the significance of the feeling of open space that is so important to North Kohala have incorporated into the Hawaii County General Plan Revision, SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 146, S. D. 1.