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P.2'4 8083737870 70808 961 8912 FEB-14-2005 14 06 From~GREGG KRSHIIJP, Bi113G5 'fvstirnvny February 14, 2005 Aagc. Two 71te Hilo Casting Club is one of the largest and oldest casting clubs in Hawaii. It is headquartered in Hilo, with an active membership of eighty (KO) individuals, many of which arc your friends, neighbors and constituents. ?hey have perfected the art of shore casting firr large lPuba by introducing many innovations particular to the Big Island and its unique shoreline, and have sharui this lmowledge and tcchniyue worldwide vie media like the I1FN. 1"hey sponsor an anmtal fishing tournatnent that btittgs the entire County shore casting community togedter ut Hilo for a weekend of goodwill. The HCC is worthy of Council recognition and consideration. 2. Request 1»r Public Shoreline Access. Tn this instant case Pepeekeo Point and adjacent fishing spots along the shoreline have always been open to the public via cane haul roads and the old mill road that recently has been gated. The paint and adjacent areas are included in the 1979 List of Public Shoreline Access areas campiled by the County Platutittg Depat1ment. This confirms historic public shoreline access prior to 1979 (dating hack as long as the mill has been operational). Applicant Cantinental Pacific LLC ot~'ered testimony that users besides Pelx:ekeo residents and suhdivisivn owners will be vifercd a key to the gate provided they pay a road maintenance fee. T•1FN and the HCC feel this restriction disregards previatu County platming documents supporting politic access to the subject area, 2. Description of the area in qucstinn. Pepeck.eo Pouu is unique. !t was a community park used by many surrounding mill villages i'or recreational activities tied together by a narrow gauge railway systom, the Hawaii Belt Road, and later by a series of cane haul roads. None of these were gated. The cane haul roads provided public access for residents tv their favorite shoreline fishing spots. No mad maintenance Foes were levied. There are many miles of sharclint within the suhjcct rezoning application. The twenty shot wide shvreline access road is shown on. Continental Pacific maps to be set back forty (40} feet fram the pall. 'this allaws a scant twenty feet hetwaen the road and the cliff for parking and camping. Please remember a standard parking stall is twenty feet dcvp. TIIe area between the road and the pali is barely sufficient far recreational purposes. 3. Arguments in support of rcquost arc first, the area already has been identified as a public shvreline access area by the Caunty. 'fhercfore it is nut um•casortuble to ask continued public access m areas already designated far said use by Hawaii County. The term "public access" is clear, as opposed to access litnited to subdivisian and village residents. Administrative derogation of public access rights is not goail precedent. when granting approval to private "gaud" community type developments.