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And, then quickly on the shoreline setback as this is applied, and this relays, Joe, to some of the
<br />questions you raised by email. You had some questions about ownership of shoreline parcels
<br />and zoning, right? So, again, the Shoreline Setback Policy, Policy 28, is one of many tools that
<br />the CDP tries to use to achieve one of the community's highest priorities, which is to limit
<br />development on the shoreline. And, we don't need to go over the details again—can talk through
<br />this again if you'd like during your discussion. But it's again, like every other strategy in the
<br />CDP, it's an effort at using the tools that are already available—in this case, those described in
<br />Planning Department Rule 11-5, giving the Planning Director the authority to establish shoreline
<br />setback.
<br />And, again, just to remind you what Policy 28 does and doesn't do, it's triggered when
<br />development is proposed on any parcel that includes part of the Special Management Area in
<br />Ka`u. The starting point is the quarter mile setback; however, the applicant always has the
<br />option, as part of their SMA review process or through other means, to make a case for a
<br />different setback. And, the fundamental idea here is conditions and coastal properties are often
<br />very site specific and unique, and so it's important that information specific to that place and the
<br />type of development being proposed is considered and weighed when making the final decisions
<br />about what an appropriate setback should be, right?
<br />So, I'm going toI have available a number of resources if it'd be helpful to look atzoning,
<br />land use designations, ownership relative to coastal parcels. But, in general sense, Joe, to answer
<br />your question, the privately owned parcels in Ka`u are, the coastal parcels in Ka`u at this point
<br />are very few so there is two that are between basically Ocean View andI guess there's three.
<br />Three between Ocean View, you know, Ranchos, and South Point. One is the large parcel that
<br />made the news just in the last couple days that's for sale again and the various public entities
<br />have tried to purchase over the years. Another is the one, the smaller one immediately adjacent
<br />to itdirectly below the Ranchos Subdivision. And, the third is to its east, which is the large
<br />Kamehameha Schools parcel, Pakini.
<br />And, then from there, you're into DHHL property through South Point. And, then when you
<br />get then there's a section of next public private ownership between South Point and Honu`apo.
<br />All of, well, several of which have tried that—community organizations and PONC have tried to
<br />purchase in the past, one of which is currently being subdivided to move the developable parcels
<br />mauka adjacent to the town. A third, that are—I think again up for sale because the County
<br />wasn't able to make an offer that the owner could accept, and then a third, that's got a pending
<br />subdivision application.
<br />And, then from there between Honu`apo and Punalu`u, it's almost uniquely publicly owned with
<br />a few exceptions—one mauka parcel just above Whittington Park. The Carroll property, which
<br />has a house on it there at the shoreline, and then one other property which I think has a hundred
<br />different people's names on the title which would be difficult to develop.
<br />And, then from, between Punalu`u and the National Park then, you have a, a largeI think it's
<br />either a DLNR Kamehameha Schools owned parcel, and between there, you have several very
<br />large privately owned parcels including The Great Crack and several parcels that have large mac
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