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include a provision that the park itself will be managed one-third by the homeowners, one-third by the County, and one-third by a community based association of groups such as Kohanaiki ``` Ohana and Na Keiki Hee Nalu O Hawaii or other groups that have interest in this, and we're very interested in being involved in the management of this park in order to preserve the ability of the Hawaiian cultural practitioners and to ensure the preservation of the natural and cultural resources that exist there now, and we'd ask that these elements be made specific conditions of the approval of the SMA. And I would also like to add my support to all the prior comments of the prior testifiers. I agree with those comments. GALDONES:Thank you, Mr. Sogi. Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Sogi? Commissioner Springer. SPRINGER:Mr. Sogi, with regard to the third portion, or No. 3 in the Good Faith Agreement regarding Kohanaiki, there's reference to the residents' beach facility, which I believe Ms. Bell commented on the park service having concerns with the location of it. In Section 3, there's specific reference to that beach facility as depicted in Exhibit B and C. If there were some amendment to the positioning of that beach facility, do you take exception to that or would you be willing to be part of a negotiation on placement of it that may be agreeable given the concerns that have been voiced earlier? SOGI:Yes, I would support the position taken by Geri Bell and the National Park. I understand that we have agreed that there will be a owners' beach facility there. The details were not specified. I would be willing to have that moved. I would be willing to be part of a process or a negotiation to locate that. That is one of the issues that I had that, in the negotiation process, was one of the things that, was one of the bargaining chips, if I might say, but the details of that are not solidified. But I'm concerned about the location of the canoe hlau. There is a traditional canoe launch there that I've inspected that is a unique finger of lava that comes out and a deep water channel that goes in with a little reef barrier that's protected from the reef that is just absolutely unique as a canoe launch. And one of the things that we intend to do in the future with this area is to have a community based program involving canoes and -, for teens and children and anti-drug use as part of the community building process. This would be a part of that. And my feeling is that part of the reason they wanted to move the hlau was because of the location of their beach facility, so that those are issues that remain open, and the location of that is something that I would like to discuss further and that should be a further area of inquiry of this Commission, I agree. And may I add one other point. As part of our negotiations, I was able to get the developer to agree to one day of golf per week on behalf of the public on their private golf course, which otherwise they were going to prohibit the public from using at all. 27