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public would like to continue to drive to the lighthouse, park, and access the beach off Aila Point as they have for decades without harm to the Coast Guards light station equipment. The Planning Commission is reviewing the developers application for an SMA Permit to subdivide portion of, Im just going to say, I said portion of Parcel 01, but now its Lot 70, surrounding the Coast Guards lighthouse parcel 13 tomorrowof which you should have received notice. Continental Pacific, LLC has purchased and gated hundreds of acres around the parcel owned by the Coast Guard causing members of the public hardship by requiring that they walk 1,200 feet along the pali edge to access this beloved beach and traditional fishing grounds. Members of the public have testified at the Planning Commission hearings on this matter that they have lived in this area their whole lives and driven to the lighthouse to park and access the beach and it is a hardship for them now that they are older to walk such a distance. Members of the public with small children complain that the walk along the pali is too far and have also objected to being denied access to the beach through inconvenience. I have ordered a copy of an instrument dated March 27, 1912, which describes a perpetual right-of-way,20feetwide,infavorofParcel13.Iamassumingthatthisparcelanditsrightof way is federal public land reserved for a light station. My hope is that we can include a requirement for the developer to allow members of the public use of the established right-of-way to the light station. I would hope to protect the publics right to drive to the lighthouse in a hearing scheduled for Thursday. The developer always has the option of manning the gate to the subdivision to log in visitors to the lighthouse and the other historical sites in the development. This property is lower than any other spot in the area and has recreational value in as much it provides the public parking and beach access, which I hope is compatible with the Coast Guards use of the land. If you need more time to research this matter, could you please write a letter stating such and fax it to me to use at the hearing tomorrow? She actually e-mailed me and said she has her lawyers working on it, but she cant get back to it until October. But there are several new laws that are mandating that the military consider these sorts of uses for their land and lighthouses, also. So theres sort of a precedence to consider this. Okay. So, then, Id like to read the letter. I did send you a letter requesting that you postpone any decisions today, and Im still asking that you do this. One is I hope that the Pepeekeo Association is successful in their writing up of their agreements. Its still my option to join the Pepeekeo Association. At the moment, there are no access, the access to the shoreline is only by this private agreement. The County hasnt implemented their rules so I cannot technically use the public access. So if I want to go to the shoreline, my only option is to join the association. I understand people from up and down the coast are joining. So, as a member of the public who may want to join and whose only option to gain access to the shoreline would be to join, Id like to look at the agreement and maybe make comment on it. And I think that you shouldnt rush this hearing. And Ill read my letter to you. I hope its not too harsh regarding todays current applications. 19