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Skycliff Ranch LLC <br /> Christopher Nome, Manager <br /> Ranch Headquarters: Administration: <br /> Makahiki Lane 845 Bellevue Pl. E. #101 <br /> Captain Cook, Hawaii Seattle, WA 98102 <br /> Cell: (206) 953-1854 Tel. (206) 323-0653 <br /> E-mail: Cnorrie@aol.com Fax: (206) 325-5855 <br /> May 13, 2004 <br /> - <br /> Honorable Leningrad Elarionoff, _ ~ . <br /> Chairperson and Members, Planning Committee, <br /> Hawaii County Council -i, <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 ~ <br /> By FedEx: 8386 0548 6993 0 <br /> Re: Proposed LUPAG Designation Change H-1; Comprehensive Review of the General Plan <br /> Chairperson Elarionoff Members of the Planning Committee of the Hawaii County Council: <br /> My name is Christopher Non•ie and 1 am the Manager of Skycliff Ranch LLC, a ranch <br /> owned by my family in South Kona. This 88 acre pazcel of land (T.M.K. 8-1-10-4) is located on <br /> relatively flat table lands above Kealakekua Bay State Historic Pazk in the ahupua'a of <br /> Kealakekua. I am also the sole owner of Pali-K Ranch located on an adjacent 31-acre pazcel in <br /> the ahupua'a of Ka'awaloa (T.M.K. 8-1-10-5). Both of these parcels aze located entirely in the <br /> State Land Use (SLU) Conservation District and have been actively ranched, continuously for <br /> well over a hundred years. <br /> I have ranched in this azea for twenty yeazs and feel privileged to have been entrusted <br /> <br /> with the stewardship of this land. I fully appreciate the historical significance and environmental <br /> sensitivity of Kealakekua Bay and actively support the protection of its unique resources. <br /> <br /> However, I believe that the Administration's proposal to create a "County Conservation" zone <br /> <br /> above Kealakekua as set out in LUPAG Designation Change H-1 is both unnecessary and <br /> <br /> imprudent. As a landowner, I have deep concerns that H-1 will result in a taking of my property <br /> rights}, if it is implemented as set out in the draft of the County General Plan submitted by the <br /> Administration. <br /> The administration of the Conservation District is vested exclusively in the State <br /> <br /> Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), pursuant to H.R.S. 183-C. The several <br /> <br /> counties aze only given the right under state law to zone and regulate uses in lands that have been <br /> <br /> designated SLU Urban (U), Rural (R) and Agricultural (A). <br /> ' See: Testimony Concerning Selected Parts of Hawaii County Proposed General Plan by David L. Callies dated <br /> <br /> December 16, 2003 <br /> Comm. No._ <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. Date ~flY l ~ 2~~4_ <br /> <br />