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<br />Going up north to the Manini‘ōwali, or Kua Bay, site, same intent was to keep I guess our existing
<br />facilities and kind of buff it up. One of them is, and the new elements to be introduced that, as
<br />Jeff had noted, would be three speed humps along the entry road as you are going to the park. If
<br />we, we would love to try to improve the roadways, but we want to keep the roadways as is; the
<br />speed humps would at least allow at least a safety factor for both vehicles and people either
<br />walking and/or traveling down to the Kua Bay site. As far as for our Kua Bay facilities our
<br />existing comfort station has been a challenge for us, I mean, there is no doubt about it, and what
<br />we want to do is pretty much kind of replace the fixtures to those types that our west side staff can
<br />easily replace in case, I shouldn’t say “in case,” I guess, when they get damage and need to be
<br />replaced. And a challenge has been in the past, we did have a rinsing shower that was connected
<br />to the comfort station; the impact from that was that the sand from the rinsing was getting into our
<br />sewer pumps, and I do believe, you know, the Hawai‘i District staff had to replace the sewer
<br />pumps on two or three occasions, and we decided to go with the outdoor rinsing showers that we
<br />see in the area that Jeff had identified. Currently there is one to accommodate the use and I guess
<br />the amenities for the folks going on the Manini‘ōwali beach site, we had decided to put in two
<br />additional showers based in one consolidated pad. And also in this area, which is all connected
<br />from an accessible pathway, is picnic tables, and also a connection, Jeff had mentioned
<br />dilapidated, deteriorated, unsafe ramp, replacing the ramp with a stairway with handrails going
<br />down, and the location of the stairway is one where it’s between two protected buffer areas of
<br />cultural reserves that we have on both sides.
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<br />So last note that I wanted to make is that as far as the improvements that we make, we want to
<br />keep our facilities in compliance with current regulations, be it accessibility, environmental, land
<br />use, etc. So our, you know, our goal, or what we try to do now at State Parks, is basically kind of
<br />do things in the right way. And to that extent we want to, you know, incorporate to the extent that
<br />we can as far as any additional concerns that may be raised, we need to balance it out with what
<br />we need to do and basically what we can do. A lot of stuff what we, that limits us is pretty much
<br />things like our operating budget and staffing. The staffing part, I do believe within a last year or
<br />so has improved for State Parks. Will this show immediately? No. But will this show down the
<br />road? Yeah. So, you know, I do believe that on at least for the facilities that are part of this
<br />permit applications, that, you know, from an operational standpoint once we improve the facilities,
<br />or get approval to improve the facilities, we’ll follow up with the proper operation and
<br />maintenance of the facilities that we do \[inaudible\] and improve.
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<br />WHITTEMORE: Okay. Anything further on the presentation?
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<br />TERRY: I’d just like to state that we’d like to be able to, I know there are some folks here to
<br />testify and they may have some points that raise issues with you, and we’d like to have the
<br />opportunity to respond, if you have any questions after that.
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<br />WHITTEMORE: Okay. Commissioners, any questions?
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<br />SHIMAOKA: My only question, do you guys provide signs that with, like with the picnic table
<br />that you say you want to make more accessible, I’m assuming to handicap, is that correct? So do
<br />you guys provide signs that restrict the picnic table that you are going to put up front?
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