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Testl~ny o~ (gel ~Ear~ ~~vla®r, Jurr~~ 19, fl2 n ~S.'~9ialfsins, ~o~~ldt ~i~his testimony is in support of revisions that allot rraore open spasms for ~9~°ii County ire ger~erat acrd Dona area in parti~lar. fihe population of the aevhole ista~d is grong and vsitt continue to grove. The areas that sere once accessible by residents are b~iatg dosed off one by one. This is true of l~oarntain areas as tl as beasdh€~s. tf do rat at~i nom to set aside lands it ~l be too tate.~ _ i 'r~ony will focus on two sites only but all aye of 'at i nce. _ K~'~~~~~Kt ~clunty Council/n~ K®hanaiki is oP~e exarr~le of t~~h area that is tt~xt to a large population center. it has bin used fior carping, surfing, fishing, ~d pis~acking for yrs. ~b®ut Been years ago were was a great deal of citizen efifort put iPo a ICeaut~ou to Kailas Cotnrr~unity Ilan. 'The members of the ceot-nmitt~ ire ode arp of peop from all avaltcs life:. Act that ti there s the dream of raking Kohanaiki a corrtmunttymrun park. ~Ir1Ce there a County aotatally bast tF~ opportunity t®uiPe the tart for back taX~s, But dectir~ci. evidently, there ,mss se~tit that the County should not at~uire more land if ifi could not be irrtrrriat~ly quip as a traditional park. tf you read t Ilan yoaa €l see that the Kona districts are very Backing in partetand when compared to the population. VVe missed a ~onderfut opportunity. VlPe maintain that a park ~n be rather prirr~tiv~, as y parks al!e_ In , rr~ost users of the area want it to rerrrain unr~imersti. ~d~uate res rns aced garbage dispose! are de~€nitety r9eeded. night nova volunteers frorrti the Kohanaiki C3tna are supptyic~g tl rvic~. -The other very irr~portant n for the area is a resident guardian ov r. 'his is done all over the mainland (and in sorry I~aaii parks). ~fhe re ' nt d agate at a reasonable hour to make sure that ursantesf trouble€lsers stay Dart: of the car~incf-piseniirag area, if sotneoP~e caarses trouble, or if there is an err cy, the guardian ells the appropriate auth~ity. Not only does the park get a watchdog, but ~e gets ~ ptac~ t®liv~. ®r~ the lir~l~~d rr~~y guardians are retired le ~r~o spend a few months at a sits. They usually live in a mobile horn. t-tere a small hour or sleeping e~uarter's night do use such a presens is needed minty at night. 'taaarrdreris of people use this t~sach area in a single da "snty local farnities_ ~ big plus is that they can drive their cars vaith their keitsi and cawing needs. No carrying old boac~:s and barbecues over tong cfi noes. 'fie prat to keep this land available for traditional use, not the use dictated by a days! - . C3ver the years rrs~y of the pt -used to Camp have disappeared. to many of oair parks, are a led at sunset, of alt thsngs. Others allot 25 Comm. No,~ File No. Ref. To: -•:ef. ~~Ate JUL 0 3 Z~Z