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<br /> Jun 29 07 09:09p Kahuku Farms 808 939 8500 p.2 <br /> Randall Mitchell ,T1,/L Q <br /> Leigh Mitchell ~ ( ilt+~ ~ u C <br /> Cazol}v Mitchell <br /> Kately n Mitchell <br /> PO Box 6871 ' <br /> 1~ - <br /> Ocean View, Hawaii 96737 <br /> Councilmember Jacobsen and Hawaii County Council Members, <br /> This letter is to inform you of the desires of this household as they relate to the <br /> preservation of Punaluu by it being included in a larger county park owned by the county. We <br /> are fo r the acquisition of larger park to protect this area from resort development. As a <br /> family we represent 3 generations who have seen the way coastal resort development can <br /> diminish and destroy a coast line. We have witnessed the development of Southern California, <br /> Maui, Kauai and the Big Island and the only way to protect the land is to lock it up in the state, <br /> the co~mty or the federal government hands permanently to be administered as parks or <br /> recreation areas run by people who do not have short term financial gain as their motive. <br /> Randall has a background in marine biology and natural history and is a social worker in <br /> the Kz.u District, Leigh is an educator who works with the children of Kau, and Carolyn spent <br /> her lif, in the service children. Katelyn is a student raised in Kau whose fast experiences in the <br /> natural world include days on the shoreline at Punaluu, running the black sand through her hands <br /> and witching for turtle heads lifring out of the water. This treasure needs to be protected- <br /> We will attend the meeting in Naalehu on the 5"' to voice our opinion. We will bring with <br /> us not so much the experiences of our 17 years in Kau but our memories of the beautiful coast <br /> lines cf Southem California ruined by coastal development, The tragedy of what happened to <br /> Maui' ~ shorelines with it's rampant resort development, the locking down of public coastal <br /> access on the Kau Coast at Pohue bay. It needs to be stopped here and now. <br /> Randall Mitchell <br /> Leigh Mitchell <br /> Carol}~n Mitchell <br /> Katel} n Mitche[1 <br /> Faxed the 29`" day of June, 2007 <br /> coptttt. lam. 3~9.75~ <br /> Ref. Ta <br /> Rsf. Date !iN ? ~00T _ <br /> <br />