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and who cannot be on it, and it simplifies their task." It is not <br />the sole criteria, by which we went forward with the proposal, <br />but it is a major consideration for why we putting forward and <br />so when we solicited public opinion on it. So I am at Honokohau <br />that the district office and I can give my email right now---- if <br />that is appropriate --- Lerome.h.nickerson@hawaii.ov And <br />would be more than happy to meet with any member of the <br />community that wanted to speak on the proposed closure. <br />Teresa: Traditional the area of Makahonu has always been open to the <br />public and that's Tradition. When you speak of a temporary <br />closure, what time of closure timeline were you referring to? <br />Jerome: You know I was asked that, by the media. It is not a set timeline. <br />It is when the division believes that we have restored the good <br />order and safety of the pier to the citizens of Hawaii and to <br />visitors. And that is not at state that is to the extent we have a <br />problem I believe, to be under control, but let us not kid <br />ourselves, and homelessness has been with us for a very long <br />time. I've worked on the issue for a very long time and it is not <br />a straight line progression. We have for a lack of a better word, <br />crews that I have never seen before, and all of a sudden arrive <br />one day on the pier. That's a problem, we have other <br />unsheltered individual who I know, who I talk to everyday when <br />I go down to the pier and I am trying to get them services that <br />they may want or maybe they don't want. It is a fluid dynamic. <br />But there is a very serious incident that took place on the Pier <br />Abraham: May 3rd, 2021 <br />Jerome: That is under investigation and I cannot ignore that. <br />Notwithstanding with Traditional Practices, notwithstanding <br />concerns from the community, our job as the division, is to <br />ensure public safety and we will do that. <br />Teresa: I have been on the pier from 9:00 pm in the evening to 3:00 am <br />in the morning and the majority of the people I see there are <br />fishing. Yes, there were a few homeless, I did not see the nights <br />5 <br />