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• <br /> • of a smaller development.Kona RESORTASSA�LEO <br /> Councilwoman Brenda Ford said IS <br /> that is what she hopes will happen. Me Bare a i County Come° <br /> authorized the mayor to loy <br /> A county-purchased,$80,000 430 acres planned For 1.050 <br /> survey of 500 residents of the Kau homes and 350 hotel rooms,. <br /> the developer district surrounding Punaluu found bin tsreyf ttc'ttttldforce <br /> tri downsize <br /> that a majority of residents favored the proket, <br /> some kind of development,but <br /> they considered Sea Mountain's <br /> proposal too big. <br /> fs <br /> Blew said he believes the <br /> community objection is more fir <br /> directed at the number of housing <br /> units rather than the number of • <br /> hotel rooms."I think the sentiment _ pimatun <br /> is against the residential,not the r,'; <br /> g � Harbor <br /> resort,"he said. <br /> Because of the remoteness of the <br /> Kau district,and lack of '" <br /> a <br /> commercial activity there,there are <br /> few jobs,and most residents have <br /> to make long drives to Hilo or Kona u A 'trVOA+;d <br /> for work. <br /> mite <br /> "Without the resort there are no sraaerUa.rn>e <br /> jobs,"Blew said. <br /> Gauging the public feeling has been difficult because of the <br /> polarization of some Kau residents into two camps, Kau <br /> Preservation,against the resort,and 0 Kau Kakou(We Are Kau), <br /> in favor of some form of development. <br /> The survey, conducted by James Kent Associates,found that there <br /> is a large middle ground where people want economic <br /> development,feel that the current proposal is too large and want <br /> protection for natural resources,especially endangered turtles that <br /> nest on the beach. <br /> With the new Council resolution thrown into that mix, Blew was still <br /> hopeful a resort will be built."I think it can(happen),"he said. <br /> BACK TO TOP <br /> ©Honolulu Star-Bulletin—https://archives.starbulletin.com <br /> MAY 9 <br /> Raeecca M PiU .7 J*1 fnny, Puna/"`h'' <br />