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rage z of z. environment. We observed increased level of nutrients, most strikingly, Total Dissolved Nitrogen (TDN) in the waters off Hokuli'a compared to prior surveys." The Kohanaiki nearshore environment is in a constant drought condition. Therefore, the Kohanaiki SMA permit application was incorrect and the SMA permit approval was improper. Clearly, the nearshore golf resorts at Mauna Kea, Waikoloa, Mauna Lani, Hualalai, and Hokuli'a are significant contributors to marine water pollution that violate county and state law. Clearly, the Kohanaiki development will soon be polluting its anchialine ponds and offshore marine environment in violation of county and state law. And so it is no surprise that the State Attorney General for the Department of Health has testified in court that nearshore water quality along the Kona/Kohala coast has been rapidly deteriorating for the last ten years. Finally, the County Administration has admitted to permitting illegal dwellings in the State Agricultural Land Use District for thirty years and continues to do so, despite the Hokuli'a ruling. The result of the above facts and more is that our government has created a situation in which any citizen can now file for injunctions that would effectively shutdown most County ministerial approvals. But thanks to your approval of the General Plan and Kona's commitment to its community plan, we have a chance to help each other instead of resorting to conflict. The KCDP will create the means to avoid future litigation by providing ways to protect private property rights, while protecting the public trust and fairly compensating property owners. We will be providing suggestions to improve government and the lives of its employees. So I ask you, please stop antagonizing the Kona community. Let us all have a chance at solving our many problems in a harmonious fashion. You have given us the means. Please allow us the time. We are all working so hard to make Kona a better place. Please give us a chance. Reintroduce this conditional resolution as an ordinance that will include a conditional moratorium on subdivision approvals. No jobs will be lost. No businesses will go bankrupt. Real estate inventories will not go down and prices will not go up. It will be business as usual in Kona, except you will have brought more hope than you can imagine into the lives of thousands of Kona residents and government employees. Mahalo nui, Charles Flaherty P O Box 922 Captain Cook HI 96704 6/20/2006