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(e) Protect and effectively manage Hawai`i's open space, watersheds, shoreline, and
<br /> natural areas.
<br /> (f) Ensure that alterations to existing land forms, vegetation, and construction of
<br /> structures cause minimum adverse effect to water resources, and scenic and
<br /> recreational amenities and minimum danger of floods, landslides, erosion,
<br /> siltation, or failure in the event of an earthquake; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County General Plan (February 2005 Edition) Chapter 8 -
<br /> Natural Resources and Shoreline, Section 8.3 — Policies, states, in pertinent part:
<br /> (i) Encourage an overall conservation ethic in the use of Hawai`i's resources by
<br /> protecting, preserving, and conserving the critical and significant natural
<br /> resources of the County of Hawai`i.
<br /> (j) Encourage the protection of watersheds, forest, brush, and grassland from
<br /> destructive agents and uses.
<br /> (1) Work with the appropriate State, Federal agencies, and private landowners to
<br /> establish a program to manage and protect identified watersheds.
<br /> (p) Encourage the use of native plants for screening and landscaping.
<br /> (r) Ensure public access is provided to the shoreline, public trails and hunting areas,
<br /> including free public parking where appropriate.
<br /> (s) Establish a system of pedestrian access trails to places of scenic, historic, cultural,
<br /> natural, or recreational values; and
<br /> WHEREAS, there shall not be any hunting on these parcels, but trapping may be
<br /> allowed to remove dangerous or destructive animals; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the 2009 Annual Report from the Public Access, Open Space and Natural
<br /> Resources Preservation Commission cited the purchase of the Kingman Property, as a key
<br /> priority and ranked it number four in its "Hawai`i County Public Access, Open Space and
<br /> Natural Resources Preservation Commission, 2009 Annual Report to the Mayor, December 31,
<br /> 2009 "; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Kingman Property, which is directly mauka of Ali`i Drive, Magic
<br /> Sands Beach Park (also known as White Sands or Disappearing Sands Park), La'aloa Bay Beach
<br /> Park, and Pahoehoe Beach Park, offers a unique opportunity to further supplement, enhance and
<br /> protect those important public shoreline and recreational areas; and
<br /> WHEREAS, these parcels are currently offered for sale and listed privately with a real
<br /> estate broker; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County General Plan (February 2005 Edition) Chapter 6 -
<br /> Historic Sites, Section 6.3 - Policies, subsection (d), states: "Public access to significant historic
<br /> sites and objects shall be acquired, where appropriate. "; and
<br /> WHEREAS, the Kingman Property includes a portion of the Great Wall of Kuakini,
<br /> which was recommended for preservation on TMK: 7 -7 -08: 031 in the Pahoehoe 3` Ahupua`a,
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