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June b, ?001 To: Members of the County Planning Commission Chris Yuen, Planning Director Re: Redesignate the North Kohala Coastline to Conservation and Open Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We respectfiully submit for your review some of the documents (to protect and preserve the North Kohala Coastline) that we as a community have submitted to different levels of government, spanning over 12 years. We have included some maps of the North Kohala coastline showing the locations of hundreds of ancient pre-contact sites. AIso included are the actual drawings showing just the ancient sites between Honoipu Landing and Kapa'a Beach Park. All of the Ali'i Nui, including AIapai, Kalaniopu'u and Kamehameha the Great, used the North Kohala Coastline to provision and train their warriors before leaving for other islands in the hawaiian chain. A thousand or more canoes came to the North Kohala Coast during these ancient periods from Ka'u and Kona, Puna and Hamakua; occupying the North Kohala leeward coast all the way around to Kauhola Point on the North Kohala windward coast. Provision and Warriors came from the entire IvTorth Kohala coast, including Pololu, Honokane and Awini Valleys. The North Kohala Coastline is historically and culturally very important to West Hawaii, the County and the State of Hawaii. We sincerely hope that the County Planning Commission and Chris Yuen will redesignate the North Kohala Coastline to Conservation and Opeq so present and future generations of residents and visitors, will be able to enjoy the magnificent, natural and open view planes that the North Kohala Coastline provide today. Sincerely, Concerned Residents of North Kohala