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can imagine 200 or 300 people spending the night down at the beach and having to use facilities and not finding them there, they will go wherever the participated in beach cleanups there and it is one of the more disgusting things I have ever done. So closing the road now, just by gating it at night at the current access point -. There was a gate when that road was first built in 1985, a gate was installed. There is parking available between the gate and the Queen Kaahumanu Highway on a bulldozed path. People could park there, they could walk down if they needed to be down at the beach in the evening for some reason. I think much of my other comments can be read later. I think many of the things that IÓm concerned about will be addressed in future discussions with the State during the CDUA process. One final comment, and this is more for the record and for peopl anything else, landscaping down there. Currently, people go to the beach at Maniniowali, there are no facilities of any kind. People take their beach toys and hang out on the sand or on patches of pahoehoe. I have not heard anyone complain about not having any facilities down there. Given the lack of money for maintenance at State parks, all one needs to do to see how bad off they are is go to Hapuna on a Sunday afternoon and visit the restrooms there. WeÓre adding another park that needs to be maintained to the State list of parks. Everything planted there will have to be maintained. Keep it simple is my advice. Coconut trees, particularly, do not need to be planted there, especially if they need to be trimmed. Then they become purely decorative items on the landsc absolutely no function. They do not provide good shade. You cannot harvest coconuts because they are trimmed off before they mature because of liability issues. The fronds are trimmed off so that they donÓt fall on people. Additionally, a coconut tree costs a lot of money to buy and itÓs all, it requires watering and fertilizing and care. The waters in the bay at Maniniowali for people who have not had the pleasure of swimming there are the clearest I have seen anywhere along the North Kona coast, bar none. If any fertilizer or other detritus ends up in that water, the water quality will be degraded and that will be a disaster. The less plantings that you have, the fewer plantings that you have, I would imagine the less water theyÓll use in a land that is called Kekehawaiole, Kekahalua, enough water. We should not be planting a tropical looking landscape there. I think a few well-placed, well-trimmed, perhaps the thorn-less variety of kiawe trees will provide wonderful shade. Anyway, I can go on for hours, and I will not subject anybody else to that. Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. SPRINGER:Thank you. Commissioners, any questions or comments for the testifier? Thank you, again. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone else who has not 17