HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0459.043 2024-2026From:
Carrillo Echavarria
Sent:
Friday, August 29, 2025 10:21 AM
To:
Council Testimony
Subject:
Public Opinion
Dear Councillors,
In its Public Access, Open Spaces and Natural Resources Program, Hawai'i County boast some of the
most innovative and foward-looking conservation tools that counties anywhere in the US have at their
disposal. Simply put, we have the opportunity to protect important heritage lands by putting them into
county ownership, using property tax dollars. As a lover of forests, watersheds, coastal habitat and
Hawaiian culture- are criteria for PONC acquisition- I join the many voices calling for Honolulu Landing to
be purchased through the program. With so much developmentally pressure in Hawaii, now is more a
time than ever to set aside valuable lands, protecting them from the vagaries of the private property
marketplace. Several local nonprofit community groups, including groups led by people of Hawaiian
ancestry, are ready and have the capacity to steward this property, gradually developing methods of of
public access that honor the'aina and embody kuleana. Time is of the essence, with the current owners
motivated to sell. Please add your vote in support of this important acquisition.
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