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this process for the last 6 years and I've regularly attended these meeting and I started this process, I had very high expectations of what the outcomes would be and I was hoping that this effort would provide a roadmap for smart growth along the coast. Six years later,/ have to tell you, I'm very disenfranchised and really disappointed in the outcome. As members of this Committee, you agree to adhere to specific guidelines and attitudes as a requirement for participation. One of those, is that you would act on behalf of the Hdmdkua Coast and not in your own self-interest and I disagree with Mr. Whitmore. You had a situation where the Chair of this Committee was serving as a consultant for the park, recommended that my property be — that the land use designation be changed from Industrial to Open, as o spokesperson and as a consultant for that park. If he didn't step forward, my lawyer basically wrote a letter asking him to recuse himself so I wanted to clarify that point. It has already been mentioned that, that was not the objective of the Steering — of the community. It never came up through this community planning process, it was something that w i lly brought up by the Steering Committee. You also agreed to appreciate participation inolvement of comrRunity stakeholders, working together with people of different poirs of view to seek win-win solutions and find compromise when necessary. I have to tell you as a stakeholder — as o major stakeholder, a major landowner in this area, I feel very disenfranised by this. I've been treated as an outsider and I can assure you I've never been asked by any of you — anyone in this room for that matter, to sit down a to work — show my perspective to create win-win solutions that can benefit the comm ity. 1 think the most impor ant art is the — is the big picture item (inaudible) you need to take into consideration. Yes, en Space is important but so is economic development. Read the plan that was developed waback in 2000. Read it if you haven't, if you have, read it again. It talks about the loss of sugar and the need for economic growing. Yes, we lost sugar, but most importantly, we lost the industry. That's why you see boarded up stores up and down the coast. What's happening is, there's a land use pattern that's happening — wealthy people buying up the land, putting up gates and fences and people — young people are moving off -island into other areas. You don't believe me? Take a drive up and down the coast. Those aren't —you know, I didn't make that up. So, I think the real problem here is we have a missed opportunity to work together. The reason — remember, this is community and development somehow the development aspect got left out of this onversation. Thank you. 7. June Kaye, representing herself, providing testimony on the LUPAG map of Hakalau Point: I'm June Kaye. I live in Hakalau and I also wanna thank the panel for 7 years of hard work. It's incredible that you've shown up, volunteered for such a huge job and I appreciate it and I support your designation of the coastal area in Hakalau as Open. You have weighed the expressed desire of hundreds of community members to protect the Point from future development and you have also weighed the objections from the land owner, his son and his supporters. The first factor when you decide to change a LUPAG map is to minimize new coastal development. It's based on the community objective which is to protect, restore and enhance watershed systems. Seven years is long enough. You have listened to all the parties and you've voted to designate it Open on the LUPAG Map. That doesn't change the Industrial Zoning and everyone who has alluded to a change in zoning knows that and they're trying to misrepresent what's happening here. Any legal argument can be left to the law department for the County and it's not appropriate to raise them here. So, thank you. Page 18