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1'estimony - Amendment to the Land Use Designation at tionokoliau Fage 1 of 2 From: FredCachola@aol.com To: planning@co.hawaii.hl.us cc. _ Subject: Testimony - Amendment to the Land Use Designation at Honokohau Date: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 1:43 am Aloha Planning office, Please forward this testimony to the groups listed below. Testimony Regarding Amendment to the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide of the General Plan for Honokohau For delivery to: 1. The Kona Community Development Plan Action Committee ... at their hearings on August 26 at 2 pm; at the Mayor's Conference RopM - aka Hanama 1, 75 -57-6 KuaMni Hwy. Suite 103. 2. The Leeward Planiii4Commission ...at their hearing on August 28 at the King Kamehameha Beach Hotel_ 3. The Windward Planning Commission ... at their hearing on Sept. 4, in Hilo Aloha Planning Commissioners and Actio Committee Members, Mahalo for the opportunity to commente Proposed Amendment to Map 11 of the Land Use Pattern Allocation Guide Map of the County of Hawaii General Plan. The lands in the proposed amendment are adjacent to the Kaloko - Honokohau, National Historical Park and extend south of the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor, in the ahupuWa of Kealakehe, North Kona. This testimony comes from the Makani Hou o Kaloko- Honokohau, a KonalKohala community- based volunteer group incorporated in the State of Hawaii and currently seeking a 501c3 tax status with the IRS. We are working. cooperatively with the Kaloko- Honokohau National Historical Park to provide kokua to its Superintendent Geri Bell to plan, establish and manage a Hawaiian Cultural Live-in Center at the as envisioned by the 14- member- native Hawaiian advisory commission appointed by the Department of Interior in 1972 to study the feasibility and desirability of establishing a National Park at the Honokohau Settlement National Historic Landmark (designated in 1962). Congressional action in 1978 created the Park generally in accordance with guidelines provided by the native Hawaiian commissioners in their 1974 report, entitled "The Spirit of Kaloko - Honokohau". I was honored to be a member of that commission and was one of three members who delivered and discussed the "Sprit Report" at the Dept.of Interior in 1974. The Makani Hou O Kaloko Honokohau strongly supports this amendment to change the land use designation from "Urban Expansion" to "Open "...for these reasons. 1. The amendment is an excellent acknowledgement that the National Park Service and the County of Hawaii share a common commitment to malama (care for), protect and preserve the Kaloko- Honokohau cultural and natural resources for the people of Hawaii, the Nation and the world. We note that the native Hawaiian commissioners in 1974 were very concerned that the rich cultural legacy at Kaloko- Honokohau would be overwhelmed and lost to urban development. Their "Spirit Report" of 1974 states: "...since most of the Jgnd in the ahupua'a of Kealakehe is owned by the state. its use will have a direct impact on Kaloko- Honokohau. ..lands that are designated or owned by the state in the area should be given special zoning unite their uses to activities compatible to a cultural park. `;,A1 r� The County General Plan and zoning ordinances of the area should limit the uses of the lands immediately surrounding Kaloko- Honokohau to compatible activities. Lands further mauka should be restricted to density in order to preserve the integrity of the Park and protect its water resources." (p. 54) 2. We are very concerned that the cumulative effects of urban and commercial development on lands adjacent to the Park will result in irreparable degradation of the Park's resources and threaten the integrity of the Park. Water quality will be altered forever, severely affecting the ancient fishponds, shoreline and coastal environments. We already note that the high concentration of septic systems at the small boat harbor, at the fuel dock, the restrooms on the south side and by the sailing club and the restaurant, plus the private bathrooms in the ship repair areas http: / /webmail.aol.com/ 44148/ aol /en- us/mail/PrintMessage.aspx 8/26/2009