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FEB-14-2005 14:06 From:GREGG KRSHIWR 8083737870 To:808 961 8912 P.3~4 Bill 35G 1'cstimony February 14,2005 Yagc 'I'hn:c Members of this body have issued public statements opposing creation of gated communities. This development appears ti, meet that standard. The Council position is sound as more and more County shoreline are closed off by exclusive enclaves of luxuryy housing in previous agricultural usage. Secondly, Continental pacific proposes using existing sugar mill housing densities and "substandard" planlatiwl roadway systems in its development plans. Koadway maintenance costs arc unknown, uncontrollable variables when sub-County standard roadways are proposed. 'Plus is an elemental problem in this reaonutg. When minimum County subdivision standards are waived, infrastruelural problems will follow and erosion of public rights thereafter. No exclusion of public access should be allowed. It is possible that the public play have to pay thousands of dollars arv,ually iu order u, access the shoreline. Tn example, Kahuku Ranch on the Kau side now charges HCC members a $300 key fee for weekrnd use of its roads. When it is developed, will the Fee be $Ei00 or moro? Can anyone afford to pay hundreds of dollars tv go fishing? The answer is simply, nn! 't'hirdly almost all of 1'epeekco Yoint lies within the SMA. One of the objectives of the SMA is prescrvtitiun of recreational and historical resvurocs. public shoreline access to Pepeekeo Yoint is both historic and reereatiotutl and is al minimum, descrying of Council preservation. Inclusive in the SMA is the shoreline, owned by the State ul' Hawaii on which all citizens have equal, vvsted touting. HFN attd HCC respectfully ack the Council for nonexclusive rights to access this vested right. Approved exclusion of fishermen and shoreline users by mandating payment of fees sets dangerous precedent and fuels derogation of a vanishing island lifestyle. HFN and HCC further feel the dozrn or so "agricultura.l" lots on the. point are in fact house lots. Once new owners they build their luxury oceanfront homes, they will not be happy with local fisherman parking and camping forty leet from their makai boundary. ht this instant case, a gated community will naturally breed. a,nfrontation unless clearly defined in subdivision entitlctncnts. HFN and I1CC ask that this be Un(ICYStOOd in conditions of rezoning as they do not seek i;tmfrontation but rights of visitation. Fourth, this request is not tendered by "anti-development" activists. It is respectfully brought to you by negatively impacted Last Hawaii residents, most burn and raised in the North and South Hilo area. They see their shoreline access rights vanishing before their eyes. With it passes a life style they wish to pass on to their children. Their is the future of Hawaii County worthy vF administrative protection and nourishment. Let this bill be the benchmark ('~hc Da Vinci Code) in last Hawaii shoreline developnlcnt guidrdines that preserves our island li1'cstyle. Tt is worthy of your continued tenure.