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+ ' - - <br /> _ . <br /> , <br /> Bobby Sean Leitliead -Todd ~ 10 July 2002 • <br /> Craair, Paanning Committee.' <br /> . Count~=,Coun~il • <br /> ~?5 Aut~uni Street . <br /> Hilo, lla~wa'i 96720 Re: ~ Bill #..163 - <br /> Deax Chair Leithead -Todd and Members of the: Planning Committee: <br /> Please support Bill # 163 and the proposal for open space along the Kohanaiki coast. <br /> - This. Bill is amportarit becarxse: i~ .benefits oiir community and our cnvironmer~3 •and result <br /> ;n imrrreasurable. lozig-teem aeon®rnic rewards to the residents of the. County-of I-lawai'i <br /> <<<d the District of North Kona, <br /> ~}:~e sFears .ago Councilman Tyler suggested that I visit Kohanaiki and meet members of . <br /> > €;Ftzana (PKO). Thereafter, l had flee great privilege of meeting Angel I~i1a~~, his wife <br /> <<z~, I~:are:~ ~ncl .Gary l?off {~r;d spending little. tiavne with therm at "fine Ti°ees." The <br /> ~ s~~~;tirrg was profoundly inspirational. T -have since brought friends from the A~Y~ainland to <br /> ~,~isit I~ohanaki and meet the t3hana: Respite bumping along ~ 1?areiy passable ~.eep road <br /> and: arriving. at an unprepossessing beach, the, experience of the people and rlre piece is <br /> magical. It is a place where without administrative or physical :n~rastructttre; ?self <br /> selected group is rejuvenating ~ worFdview unique perhaps to our fragilL archipelago. <br /> Unique means "without a like or equal." To the extent Hawaii remains.lu:ique it tviil <br /> ' remairF valuably:. To the e~ten+ that our land use, patterns become indistir~gui~hable from <br /> the rest of the world, we wig' have foully debased 4,:he land, our most preesous .asset. <br /> Nothing is more obvious tha15. the dixect connection betweert the "econoniie" valta~ of <br /> . land.and-..the preservatiori_of its iziherent uniqueness. The shoreline setback wixl go a long <br /> way toward a~corrxplishing this goal, _ <br /> Because my expasure *.o the' protect Kohanaki Ohana has -been profoundly moving, I <br /> have -spent some tune in tempt toarticulate. °some of :the thoughts and ctnotions <br /> evoked by that expe~ienc , e ~e the enclosure. <br /> Mahe <br /> ~ ~ ~ t~;~ <br /> ~ n <br /> <br /> ' an . lobar? sod - <br /> cc: Councilman Curtis Tyler ~ <br /> I'lar~:~airig Director Chris Yuen ' <br /> ~',ngc'1,Pilag® 11~ . <br /> Karen Eoff T. <br /> ' T/ 31st.~_ .1.;;7 F. 3 /4 ~..a ;.r,..,. s, ~ <br /> <br />