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Recreation <br /> • Provide a wide variety of recreational opportunities for the residents and <br /> visitors of the County. <br /> • Maintain the natural beauty of recreation areas. <br /> • Recreational facilities shall reflect the natural, historic and cultural <br /> character of the area. <br /> Finally, the North Kohala CDP addressed special permits allowing overnight <br /> accommodations, such as "retreats," and raised concerns about negative impacts that such <br /> developments may have on the area's limited infrastructure and small-town feel. While <br /> the CDP reflected community sentiment in 2008 in recommending that special permits <br /> allowing large-scale overnight accommodations not be approved, the Planning <br /> Department received testimony from the Acting Chair of the Growth Management Group <br /> of the North Kohala CDP Advisory Group (now the Kohala Community Access Group or <br /> KCAG) stating support of the applicant's request, with the condition that KCAG review <br /> and provide recommended revisions to the Public Access Plan which was completed as <br /> described previously. Reasons for KCAG's support of the applicant's request include <br /> unobtrusive siting of the additional guest rooms, community benefits in the form of job <br /> opportunities and shoreline public access, continued agricultural uses, and the ability to <br /> provide a distinct experience for visitors that reflects the character of the Kohala District. <br /> Given the preceding, the request will not be contrary to the General Plan and <br /> Community Development Plan. <br /> The development will to the extent feasible, reasonably protect native <br /> Hawaiian rights if they are found to exist. In view of the Hawaii State Supreme <br /> Court's "PASH" and "Ka Pa'akai O Ka'Aina" decisions, the issue relative to native <br /> Hawaiian rights, such as gathering and fishing rights, must be addressed. These rights <br /> must be addressed in terms of the cultural, historical, and natural resources and the <br /> associated traditional and customary practices of the site. <br /> Investigation of valued resources: As previously mentioned, an archeological <br /> assessment of the subject property, including the permit area, was done by Haun and <br /> -7- <br />