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Draft Hamakua CDP Comments Submitted Online or by Email During the March 15 — June 15 2o16 Review of the Draft Hamakua CDP preservation through County acquisition. You are probably also aware that the Hakalau Point Property is the only one on the list for East Hawaii, and that the mayor has approved the property for acquisition. The desire of the residents in and around Hakalau, is that the County would establish a memorial park at Hakalau Point to honor and commemorate the legacy of those who lived and labored at sugar plantations along the Hamakua Coast. The park would provide a quiet place for meditation, retrospection, and spiritual thought. Instead of performing as a steward, seeking to protect this last remaining critically important historic parcel of ocean front property along the Hamakua Coast, (to be appreciated and enjoyed by all the citizens and residents of Hawaii County), the proposed LUPAG, rather, assists the landowner in his efforts to rezone this property for the purpose of constructing ocean front homes and industrial/commercial buildings for his own economic benefit. If the Landowner is successful in obtaining his rezoning and subdivision, then the sweeping views and access to Hakalau Point will be available only to those who purchase one of his home lots on the property. In one of the brochures that was handed out at the meeting, it was made clear in the CDP that the residents of Hamakua want to do several things, including: •"Limit/halt multimillion dollar developments." It seems pretty obvious that in changing the LUPAG to allow some 75% of the nine acres of Hakalau Point to be utilized for building seven to eleven expensive ocean front homes, is inconsistent with the CDP goal of limiting multimillion dollar developments along the shorelines of the Hamakua Coast. •"Caring for the'aina, reflecting community values and environmental consciousness. Promoting the private interests of the landowner for the purpose of developing ocean front homes and commercial activities, in lieu of preserving Hakalau Point for the people of Hawaii, does not seem consistent with the desire to reflect the community values for those priorities as set forth in the CDP. •"Open space along all Hamakua Coast for fishing and hiking" By proposing to change the LUPAG to now designate Hakalau Point as Urban, (which wholly supports and conforms to the landowner's request to rezone that same portion of his parcel to residential), the planners are undermining the goal of public use and public access of Hakalau Point in favor of restricting access and use of the property to those favored homeowners and business owners that end up owning and occupying the Hakalau Point subdivided plots. •"Preserve, restore, and enhance sweeping open views of ocean and scenic view outlooks." As previously stated, by proposing to change the LUPAG to designate most of Hakalau Point as "low density urban", with the rest as "industrial", the Community Development planners will greatly assist the Landowner in his efforts to subdivide the property for the purpose of constructing several ocean front homes, while simultaneously ignoring the desire of the Hamakua residents and the mission of the CDP, which instead advocate for preservation Hakalau Point in order to protect sweeping ocean front and scenic views for the enjoyment of all the residents of Hawaii County and the Hamakua Coast. Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 4