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<br /> Murashige, Laura
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<br /> From: Jamie M. Kawauchi Damikawa@cuhawaii.net]
<br /> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:23 AM
<br /> To: Office of the County Clerk
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<br /> Cc: Higa, Stacy; Isbell, Virginia; Arakaki, James; Hoffmann, Pete; Holschuh, Fred; Ikeda, Donald;
<br /> Jacobson, Bob, Pilago, K. Angel; Safarik, Gary
<br /> Subject: In strong support of Res. 452-06
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<br /> October 15, 2006
<br /> Stacy Higa, Chair
<br /> Virginia Isbell, Vice Chair
<br /> James Arakaki, Councilman
<br /> Pete Hoffmann, Councilman
<br /> Fred Holschuh, Councilman
<br /> Donald Ikeda, Councilman
<br /> Bob Jacobson, Councilman
<br /> K. Angel Pilago, Councilman
<br /> Gary Safarik, Councilman
<br /> County of Hawaii
<br /> Hawaii County Building
<br /> 25 Aupuni Street
<br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720
<br /> 1 am in strong support of Resolution 452-0.6 Authorizes the Director of Finance to Enter Into Negotiations for
<br /> the Acquisition of Tax Map Key Parcels 9-6-001:006, 9-6-001:012, and 9-6-001:003, Comprising Approximately
<br /> 10.195 Acres of Land, also Known as Punaluu Beach Park and Adjacent Lands, in the District of Ka'u, Pursuant
<br /> to Ordinance No. 05-166. (Prioritized by the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation
<br /> Commission as Number five Priority for purchase, with a 70% criteria score.)
<br /> Punalu'u Beach Park is one of only two easily accessible recreational areas within the entire district of Ka'u. Its
<br /> popularity is marked by family beachgoers from the neighboring communities of Pahala, Naalehu, Waiohinu,
<br /> Discovery Harbor, South Point Road, Hawaiian Ocean View Estates, Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos as well
<br /> as the thousands of national and international visitors from afar. (Ka'u Preservation members and volunteers
<br /> conducted a visitor survey during April 2006. It was a continuous thirty-day, seven day a week, nine in the
<br /> morning to five in the afternoon ( 8 hour/4 hour shifts) for four weeks. The result, over thirty-four thousand people
<br /> came to Punalu'u.)
<br /> The bay provides fishing, swimming, bodysurfing and boating for everyone. It's warm "black" sand is a delight for
<br /> the "tiny tots". Cool breezes, sunshine and rejuvenating salty sprays attract many from sunrise to sunset.
<br /> Punalu'u is known as a documented nesting site for the Federal - State endangered honu'ea
<br /> (hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata) and the threatened the honu (green turtle, Chelonia
<br /> mydas). ( Federal Endangered Species Act (1973), Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) and State of
<br /> Hawaii Wildlife Policy: Hawaii Revised Statutes, Title 12, Chapter 195D). From late April to
<br /> December, they are seen daily, extremely exhausted from their long journeys to rest, digest their
<br /> food and lay their "eggs".
<br /> This vicinity was once a royal center for the ancient Hawaiian ali'i (nobles), maka'ainana
<br /> (commoners) and religious rites. Visible are rock walls, shelters, sustainable agricultural pens, and
<br /> cooking areas ...yet, sadly the ancestral burials are gone forever. (Bulldozed by C. Brewer for their resort
<br /> development of Sea Mountain). If 0r 4
<br /> Comm. No. I
<br /> Ref. To P "6o 9'
<br /> Ref. Date OCT 1 6 2006
<br /> 10/16/2006
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