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. KHEIIiCA needs to express the importance ofbeing able to 5sh for susdnence Kawaihae is home to the second major harbor port on this island It is also host to two small boat hart+ors. The impact of sedimentation, oil 3n~i fuel pollution in the waters ie dehimental to the shoreline .~iahing population. The next closest community to access will be Waika; other than the homestead waters. Presently, the Spencer Park beach area and natural sand bar is convenie~ for the rabies and children to swim ur. It is slowly being polluted by lack of regular monitoring. Commrmrty partnerships has helped a little, but even the endangered turtles are scarce in the Pelakane Bay area by comparison in the last 10 years; indicating not enough is being done to protect our marina environmank At the Plaffiirrg Commission meeting, we expressed that as excwsion to the area be made available to the Commission and this Council. The purpose was to indicate We proposed topography for hiking and the benefits of fishing from the Hawaiian trail rather than the proposed public access. The opportunity of visiting the Hawaiian Homestead community and the proposals by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the shoreline development could be compared to the relatively smaller version of the Waika Subdivision. To our lmowledge, this has not been accomplist?ed but DHHL's Master Plan map is included in this testimo~. (Exhibit 3) At the same time, the importance of the Kohala water~e location in comparison to where the population proposes to reside; would be pored oak The Kohala community has proposed to use the Hawi Road for the waterline, but the cost to bring the waterline down to the where the need is required is quite a distance and would be an extra cock When KHHHCA supported this County effort to provide this responsibility about 6 years ago, this Plan was ah•eady 25 years old aad millions of dollars less than it is today. This is not the fast time the County has let the Hawaiian Homestead down for so long. There is still the flood control in the Panaewa area which is also over 25 years old This flood co~rol comes from nowhere and is goigg nowhere; but the laod has bean taken from the Wait List farmers. Likewise, the law says water must be made available for DHHL use; but where is it? It seems to us in the homestead that the County needs to be accountable to our needs as well. In Kawaihae, we are hoping this happens sooner rather thaw later. Thank you for this opportunity to SUPPORT the efforts of the Waika Subdivision. Submitted by: Jojo Tanimoto, President Enclosures Page 2