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<br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Fleming, Melissa <br /> <br /> From: Helie Rock [helierock@yahoo.coml <br /> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:52 PM <br /> To: Holschuh, Fred; Ikeda, Donald; Arakaki, James; Higa, Stacy; Safarik, Gary; Jacobson, Bob; Isbell, <br /> Virginia; Pilago, K. Angel; Hoffmann, Pete <br /> Cc: Desiree Cruz-O'Connor; Adrienne & Arabinda Dey; Helen Luna Fess; Neal Herbert; Dianne <br /> Horvitz; Gordon Kurokawa; PATRICK MOORE; Helen Rogers; Dick & Madelyn Troelstrup <br /> Subject: Honoli'i Beach Expansion <br /> <br /> Nov. 7, 2006 <br /> <br /> TO: County Council Members, County of Hawaii <br /> r,. <br /> a~ <br /> FROM: Pauka'a Community Association Board of Directors o <br /> Helie Rock, President c <br /> Richard Troelstrup, Vice President <br /> Helen Rogers, Secretary <br /> Gordon Kurokawa, Treasurer <br /> Patrick Moore, Director <br /> Neal Herbert, Director ro <br /> Adrienne Dey, Director 4 <br /> Richard Villanueva, Director <br /> Helen Luna Fess, Director <br /> Desiree Cruz, Director <br /> Dianne Horwitz, Director <br /> RE: EXPANSION OF HONOLI'I BEACH PARK <br /> <br /> It was with some surprise that we read in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald recently of the <br /> County Council's rather sudden vote to authorize purchase of land adjacent to Honoli'i <br /> Beach Park in order to expand the park. Although the November 1 article reported that <br /> Council Chairman Stacy Higa stated that community input is crucial to the park's <br /> development, no one in our community association, which includes Honoli'i Beach Park, <br /> was consulted prior to this vote. <br /> While we are certainly in favor of expanding recreational opportunities for the residents of <br /> East Hawaii and we believe the purchase in question could be a great benefit to the <br /> community, we have some concerns about this recent action: <br /> <br /> . As was evident through our meetings with representatives of the County Department <br /> of Parks & Recreation earlier this year, this department has barely enough resources <br /> to adequately manage the holdings it is currently responsible for, let alone adding <br /> more. Even the newspaper article stated that the Parks Department only recently <br /> heard about this proposal, so we are wondering if the Council consulted this <br /> department before voting to add to its responsibilities? <br /> . Parking for Honoli'i Beach Park is currently completely inadequate-on almost any <br /> given day with even moderate surf, the cars are parked, and even double-parked, <br /> along the entire narrow stretch of road fronting the park, and bey'Lld.oOn_pig surf <br /> Comm. No. Y <br /> Ref. To. <br /> <br /> 11/8/2006 Ref. Date i a <br />