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Oct 00 02 11:32 David E'2add®x 808 325-6336 X5.2 "fi ~s~a~ca~y ~s~ ~raa~a fi~fia ~~~~~~s~ ~cfi~~° fi~F ~O~ a~an li~~~ ~~~~s~ald~t~t ~~=32~~~6 °l=his testimony is in support of Pian revisions that allot more open and/or park areas #ar Hawaii County-fin ~ener and tie ~Coe~a area in partticular. the €~pufiation ofthe en~hoie island'is growing and ~ifil continue to groa~a. The arses that ~?rere OncO a~~eSSl~3~~' ~~~id~8'8$s are. beirgg ~~S~d O$$ One: h~ ~3B'le. f E 1~PJ 6S tr59fi' t3# 2E3u#4$ai0 ~~'eaS ~S ~+el# a~ l~acfi;~se ~#~t? do nit pct hdw to set aside fh~se lands it vioill he ~~o l~fa. phis test~rvaony vuiil f®c~as on duo sites only although conserv6ng o~er~ space is a conce #®r ttae v~rhole is~~nd. KOI~~N~lKt Kohanaiki is rte examp6e of beach area that is next t~ a ~arc~e and growing population tenter. It has been used #ar Carn~ing, ~tir~ng; ~tshirsg, ar~d picnicking for years. aou# ~~een jtears>ago there was ~ grear deal ~itizesa e#f®t~ to araclude $h~; area in flee ICEa~ltou to aifita~ ~t~mrnuraity Plan. the nears the comtrC ~er~ made up of g~eo;p"Ie #rom all ~+aiks of l~#e. s~~t thaf tir^ there;wa~s tl~e drew of ra~takia~g l~of~anail~~ a corrimunit~-~ra~t~ ~ari6. Since then.the c~€~nty°actasal~y had ttae op~sorluni$y $d acquire the land--tor baofiE daces, beat declined. ~vi~lentty, there eras sentirnen~ that the County-should- not-acquire .more -land i# it could n®t be irr~s~aediately e~~aippect as a ttadifiisaraal park. if-you read the General ~lsr~ yogis will see that $he lCosaa ~li~~ric$s -are very lacking ia~t parkland enaherr ~tx~pared $o Elie paspul~$ion. ~ missed a ~onderhai opport€~ni#~. ~e main$ain-that. a Paris can ra$her prirrmitive, as rna~ny parks-are. lr~ rn®st users of e area vvar~t to remain unri~€ent~de Adequa$e resfr~aoms anef gachage disposafi ire tlefi~aitely needed . ~fi~ht nova voldnt~rs fros~ the Kohanaiisi Ghana are supplying tfsis servide_ The ®ther very- gs~spdrtas~# nod fat' the area is to install a resident ~arl€ :bast mho ovorsees one area. °l=his is done all over a mainland-(and in=same'l-iav~+aso pe~ics~. ~"13~ i~;sadent closes a gate a# a ~easonaale hoar ~o rroake sure-that unwanted tr~wptlemalcers stay out of the cadzing.. picniclsin~ area. if ~ooczn~: ~~uses ~r~udte, or ego is an erreerele~cy, the paw hest Wills the ap~sra~ra~t~; ~~ho~~~ fi~~~ oni~° do~~ e rBarlc g~€ a ~tch~, taut socc~n~ ~~t~ ~ ~lar~ td 'live. On the:: rn~i€~land many gtaest rees?tlen$s or hosts are ~'~tircd people o~+he~ spend a €ar~ths at a site. they usually live in-a-m®hile home. ire a srfii house or sl~prng ~~iartera n7igfi~tt d~ l~C'caUS~ Sucl'9 a presence is needed Mainly a$ r9ight_ 1°lundreds of ~aets~le use #his peach ae~:s in a singfie day--~ra~aenly local #arnil3es. A blg, plus as that they-can drive their cars with their Iseki a~ad ~mcaing needs, ~o cargying cs~Id tzoxes and bari3ecues over fiong distance. ~l1te v~ant to €seep tl?is fiend avaiial~le #ar tradi#ioraal use, not the use- dictated b~ a developer. Over the years many the plats _pe4~le .used- to oan3p have disappeared. In many of our parks, vve ire exlae9ied at saartset, alt- things. Others- allot 213 x~, Sao z~ s~, lie ff..