Haina Landing Access Tawn Keeney COR-16-104244

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WHATACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN NOW? A survey should be taken of the attitude of the residents of Haina toward this project. This is true even though the Landing is not being utilized currently to any meaningful degree by the residents of Haina and most of the possibilities of access do not go through Haina. There is no Haina Community Association. Jacob Thomas may be an excellent reference as to the history and the relevance of The Landing to the people of Haina. Investigation should be undertaken toward the attitude of the shoreline fishermen to such a proposal. Wesley Murakami will be helping come to an understanding of this. Some demonstration of support from Hamakua residents should be considered. I think this support could easily be shown. One year ago I had a booth on a First Friday celebration in Honokaa dedicated to the proposal of a park at Haina Landing. I collected about 100 signatures of support over 2 hours. The great majority of those who noticed the booth commented favorably. Many had no idea there was a Haina Landing. I disengaged from this project following that brief survey, but with confidence that Hamakua would be heavily supportive. I am reengaging now because of the scheduled presentation in early May of the first draft of the Hamakua Community Development Plan for community comment. Similarly, a booth at the well attended Hamakua Harvest Farmers Market could give a fair gauge of support. An evening program at the Honokaa People's Theatre could further illuminate this proposal. Such a program would allow the weekly inclusion of an abbreviated form of this letter to our email list of about 3000 though only about 300 to 500 open the email each week currently. Following this demonstration of support the County government offices should be Informed of the desires of the community to develop such a park at Haina Landing. At the time of presenting this demonstration to the County, this expression should also be presented to the Community Development Planners who will be presenting the first draft of the Hamakua Community Development Plan on May 5 and May 12 in Honokaa to the community for their comments and input. I would like to have this statement of community desire for this park at Haina Landing placed formally into the body of the Hamakua Community Development Plan so the effort should be culminated by that time.