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which are all being preserved. So, if someone were to try to preserve this site to acquire it,
<br /> basically what they would be trying to acquire is that white area because the rest is already being
<br /> preserved, all right? As a taxpayer, I would have a problem spending, you know, the eleven and
<br /> a half million dollars that Dr. Myhrvold paid for the property to acquire all of the land above the
<br /> trail and 100 feet below the highway, because that's essentially what you would be acquiring.
<br /> So, I don't think it's a reasonable alternative to acquire. And as far as I'm aware of, there's
<br /> never been an attempt to acquire the property or to list the property for preservation.
<br /> I think one of the things to point out,too, is, I appreciate the comments [inaudible]get the
<br /> lady's name right, I think it was Ms. Fischer?—yes, I'm sorry, Karen Martinez, I'm sorry, and
<br /> she goes on, makes some very impassioned pleas about disregarding the community's desires.
<br /> This project is consistent with the North Kohala Community Development Plan, all right? If you
<br /> look at the land use map for this property, it says specifically existing high-end development, all
<br /> right? So,this plan is consistent with the community's Community Development Plan. She says
<br /> in here that she was informed by a local resident that over two decades ago they promised there
<br /> would be no development on the coastline of Kohala. Well, two decades ago was when this
<br /> property was zoned RS-15 by the County. This applicant did not zone the property for
<br /> residential; this applicant is seeking to go back to five-acre lots that it was prior to that rezoning.
<br /> So, I understand the desire, but I think, as far as public use of the land, the land currently being
<br /> used the shoreline, how do people get there now? They get there from the north across the State
<br /> property, they drive along a portion of the old Jeep trail, or the ala loa. You can't get through
<br /> Keawewai Gulch because there's an old car there crashed and then the gulch is too steep to pass.
<br /> The mauka-makai road onto this property, the gate was built by John Richards almost 30 years
<br /> ago at Kahua Ranch because people were coming on to the property and abandoning vehicles
<br /> and leaving junk on the property. So the property has not had a mauka-makai access in over 30
<br /> years, and that was done by Kahua Ranch, not by Mr. Gentry or not by Dr. Myhrvold, all right?
<br /> The access to the shoreline will remain as it is today;people can walk laterally across the land,
<br /> they can fish across it. What will stop is a vehicular access along that Jeep road because we've
<br /> been told repeatedly by Ala Kahakai people, Na Ala Hele, they said that is a historic site and we
<br /> should not be driving on it. So that is the only difference as far as the use of the shoreline that
<br /> will occur between now and what Dr. Myhrvold will propose this. And I will say one thing, I
<br /> agree with Toni; I don't think you should ever grant a rezoning to somebody because they say
<br /> they are going to use the land personally. I, I just don't think that's an issue. I think the question
<br /> is, given the history of the land, is what's the most appropriate use of the property, all right?
<br /> And that's what will always be the decision, not by some representation that Greg Mooers is
<br /> going to live there or Keith Unger is going to live there; it's what's appropriate.
<br /> I do take a little bit of umbrage with the fact that they say that we don't want these rich people
<br /> here because of all these high-end developments. You know, if you look at the application,
<br /> clearly you'll see that Dr. Terry addresses that with a study that was done a number of years ago
<br /> that looks at the impacts for resort residential homes. They pay tens of million dollars a year in
<br /> excess real property taxes for services they don't receive, all right? This is a private water
<br /> system. These people typically don't use a lot of services. There is a net income of those
<br /> resources that go, pay for things in our community, like parks and police and affordable housing
<br /> and other things. So,this is not a drain on our community. This is consistent with the
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