2021 -Kaupakuea Public Access draft ltr Planning Dept

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HAWAI’I COUNTY GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION October 19, 2021 County of Hawai’i Planning Department Mr. Kamuela Plunkett 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, HI 96720 Re: Kaupakuea legal Public Access Plan; TMK (3) 2-8-003-001 Location: Makahanaloa Lots, SUB-11-001057, Grant of Easement for Public Purposes (Feb. 24, 2012) Dear Kamuela, The purpose of the Kaupakuea Public Access Plan is to provide the public an additional means to access the Hilo Forest Reserve. Hamakua has very few mauka public access easements. Hawaii County Game Management Advisory Commission would like to request the County Planning Department investigate the reason for incompletion of this legal public access. We kindly ask the Planning Department do an extensive search for plans of completion. If not found, we ask a work order, delegating responsible parties be formulated. We request as directed in the "Public Access Plan" and in the "Grant of Easement for Public Purposes" (signed by the Mayor), the access consists of a 50 foot wide pedestrian and vehicular access, and accommodations for parking in the Forest Reserve be included. As the distance between the end of the Kaupakuea Homestead Road and the Hilo Forest Reserve going through the Makahanaloa Lots is only 805 feet, we hope the Planning Department will consider the feasibility of this access for the public and in particular, the hunter. We appreciate your consideration. Mahalo nui loa, Abraham Antonio, Chair