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<br /> Testimony on Proposed Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 146 Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br /> Kohala Community Groups, Businesses, Citizens <br /> TO: SENATE COI~~IITTEE ON WATER, LAND, ENERGY AND <br /> ENVIRONME?v'T, <br /> THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE <br /> TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF HAWAII <br /> RE: Proposed SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. 14b <br /> URGLNG THE RETENTION AND PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE <br /> AND VIEW PLANES, HISTORIC SITES, AND TRADITION.~I. <br /> ACCESS ALONG THE COASTLINE OF THE NORTH KOHALA <br /> DISTRICT, HAWAII <br /> FROM: Hawaiian Civic Club, Kohala Filipina Community Association, Kohala <br /> Puerto Rican Club, Kohala Historic and Cultural Preservation Group, <br /> Arakai Store, H. Naito Store, K. Takata Store, and Union Market <br /> DATE: APRIL 10, X001 <br /> We regret that we are unable to leave our jobs in order to come to testify in person at this <br /> Senate committee hearing. We appreciate the opportunity to express our concerns <br /> and our support at this hearing. We strongly urge you to pass the proposed Senate <br /> Concurrent Resolution No. 14b. <br /> We are submitting the following written testimony on proposed Senate Concurrent <br /> Resolution N. 146 to show our strong and continuing support to preserve the <br /> historic, rural, scenic and agricultural character and traditional access of the North <br /> Kohala coastline, from Kawaihae to Pololu Valley and beyond to Waipio Valley. <br /> We are very concerned about the future land use in Kohala and want to be sure that the <br /> Legislature hears the voice of our community. We want the Legislature to help <br /> us protect out valuable agricultural land and lifestyle, recognize and protect our <br /> historic resources and sites, preserve our traditional access to our coastline and <br /> mountains, and protect Kohala from encroaching and inappropriate development. <br /> We have been actively urging Iviayor Kim, the County Council, the Hawaii Planning <br /> Department, the Na Ala Hele and BLNR, to preserve the Kohala coastline and <br /> mountains from subdivision and other development. However development <br /> continues to take place makai of the Kawaihae-Mahukona-Hawi Road, despite the <br /> passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution N. 179 in 1988, which urged the State <br /> and County governments to work together to discourage subdivision and building <br /> development in this area; and despite the fact that in 1989 the Hawaii County <br /> Council itself passed a resolution calling for preservation of the North Kohala <br /> i <br /> <br />