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done here if the goal is ecological preservation vs. public access. What was the <br />Commission's ultimate goal? <br />Chair Replogle stated it was too small of a place to open the flood gates of <br />humanity and the County's role would be to purchase a conservation easement from the <br />big land owners which would protect the archaeology further down the coastline. Chair <br />Replogle stated it was a conservation area for the turtles and possibly for educational <br />purposes. Until it's developed down there, there is no road. You have to walk in on the <br />old trail which you would have to get permission from the Ranchos subdivision to get to <br />that trail, which is on the lower south corner of the subdivision. <br />Commissioner Yung stated what he's hearing was no matter what they look at to <br />purchase they would have to put in roads for access. <br />Mr. Yuen stated it depended on what the purpose of the purchase is. Mr. Yuen <br />stated if there was an area in the mountains that people wanted to purchase and preserve <br />as a forest area then there would be no need to put a road in since they wouldn't be <br />building it for the public. However, if they bought a beach area with the idea that it <br />would be a public beach park, then they would have to commit to building a road. Mr. <br />Yuen stated it's important to understand what the underlying purpose is. Mr. Yuen stated <br />it also brought up an alternative for using acquisition versus land use system to control <br />development. Mr. Yuen used Pohue Bay as an example stating that it's currently a State <br />Land Use Conservation but there was a potential that someone could go and get a <br />conservation use permit for a home. In giving approvals, there would be lots of <br />opportunities to say stay away from Pohue Bay. Mr. Yuen stated part of the question <br />would be, what was the long term vision besides just buying it and what he was hearing <br />was to not make Pohue Bay into a beach park <br />Chair Replogle stated the majority of the people who live in Ocean View see it as <br />their personal beach and they want it open and they want to charge. When the gate <br />wasn't there, people would drive down with their 4 wheel drive and it would be filled <br />with people; it was really bad. Chair Replogle stated if it was a County park, it may not <br />get that bad. It's a very fragile place, even the reefs on the Kona side. Chair Replogle <br />felt that a conservation easement would keep development from happening and it would <br />force the current land owners to protect the cultural and ecological site. <br />Mr. Yuen moved onto Punalu`u and the question was what the priority was. Mr. <br />Yuen stated there are different areas within Punalu`u, a lot of small ownerships. This is <br />an area where the location of shoreline becomes tricky. The shoreline may not be where <br />it was shown. The County does not own the site where the pavilion is, it is on the "SM" <br />property. Mr. Yuen thought they were on some kind of yearly agreement. Mr. Yuen <br />asked the Commission what the goal was, to buy land to move development back from <br />the beach or to make sure the County has a long term use of the beach park that exists. <br />Chair Replogle stated it was to move the development back a certain distance so <br />that the beach and the whole area would be protected and never be over run. It could be <br />5 <br />