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Oct 00 02 11:32 David E'2add®x 808 325-6336 X5.2
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°l=his testimony is in support of Pian revisions that allot more open and/or park areas #ar Hawaii
County-fin ~ener and tie ~Coe~a area in partticular.
the €~pufiation ofthe en~hoie island'is growing and ~ifil continue to groa~a. The arses that ~?rere
OncO a~~eSSl~3~~' ~~~id~8'8$s are. beirgg ~~S~d O$$ One: h~ ~3B'le. f E 1~PJ 6S tr59fi' t3# 2E3u#4$ai0 ~~'eaS ~S
~+el# a~ l~acfi;~se ~#~t? do nit pct hdw to set aside fh~se lands it vioill he ~~o l~fa. phis test~rvaony
vuiil f®c~as on duo sites only although conserv6ng o~er~ space is a conce #®r ttae v~rhole is~~nd.
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Kohanaiki is rte examp6e of beach area that is next t~ a ~arc~e and growing population tenter. It
has been used #ar Carn~ing, ~tir~ng; ~tshirsg, ar~d picnicking for years. aou# ~~een jtears>ago
there was ~ grear deal ~itizesa e#f®t~ to araclude $h~; area in flee ICEa~ltou to aifita~ ~t~mrnuraity
Plan. the nears the comtrC ~er~ made up of g~eo;p"Ie #rom all ~+aiks of l~#e. s~~t thaf tir^
there;wa~s tl~e drew of ra~takia~g l~of~anail~~ a corrimunit~-~ra~t~ ~ari6.
Since then.the c~€~nty°actasal~y had ttae op~sorluni$y $d acquire the land--tor baofiE daces, beat
declined. ~vi~lentty, there eras sentirnen~ that the County-should- not-acquire .more -land i# it could
n®t be irr~s~aediately e~~aippect as a ttadifiisaraal park. if-you read the General ~lsr~ yogis will see that
$he lCosaa ~li~~ric$s -are very lacking ia~t parkland enaherr ~tx~pared $o Elie paspul~$ion. ~ missed a
~onderhai opport€~ni#~.
~e main$ain-that. a Paris can ra$her prirrmitive, as rna~ny parks-are. lr~ rn®st users of e
area vvar~t to remain unri~€ent~de Adequa$e resfr~aoms anef gachage disposafi ire tlefi~aitely
needed . ~fi~ht nova voldnt~rs fros~ the Kohanaiisi Ghana are supplying tfsis servide_
The ®ther very- gs~spdrtas~# nod fat' the area is to install a resident ~arl€ :bast mho ovorsees one
area. °l=his is done all over a mainland-(and in=same'l-iav~+aso pe~ics~. ~"13~ i~;sadent closes a gate
a# a ~easonaale hoar ~o rroake sure-that unwanted tr~wptlemalcers stay out of the cadzing..
picniclsin~ area. if ~ooczn~: ~~uses ~r~udte, or ego is an erreerele~cy, the paw hest Wills the
ap~sra~ra~t~; ~~ho~~~ fi~~~ oni~° do~~ e rBarlc g~€ a ~tch~, taut socc~n~ ~~t~ ~ ~lar~ td 'live.
On the:: rn~i€~land many gtaest rees?tlen$s or hosts are ~'~tircd people o~+he~ spend a €ar~ths at a
site. they usually live in-a-m®hile home. ire a srfii house or sl~prng ~~iartera n7igfi~tt d~
l~C'caUS~ Sucl'9 a presence is needed Mainly a$ r9ight_
1°lundreds of ~aets~le use #his peach ae~:s in a singfie day--~ra~aenly local #arnil3es. A blg, plus as that
they-can drive their cars with their Iseki a~ad ~mcaing needs, ~o cargying cs~Id tzoxes and
bari3ecues over fiong distance. ~l1te v~ant to €seep tl?is fiend avaiial~le #ar tradi#ioraal use, not the
use- dictated b~ a developer. Over the years many the plats _pe4~le .used- to oan3p have
disappeared. In many of our parks, vve ire exlae9ied at saartset, alt- things. Others- allot 213
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parking spaces----aaa dikes ailo?~re~. the i<aiPua and-~Lona-corr~r~sun¢ties need beach area; zhe l3ig
island €aeeds it. ~1ie need it now grad- v~iiP rased it rrao~-~: sc n e future.
~Ve understar`r~ ~e also reed revenue to cure the C®urat~r, but d€~ vve ~ar~t 4~at revenue at
expense oP: ~u¢~tre~ l~~rnerriber the stor~o about the hl~ragry ~~u~~~ r~ bfta~c~ sees ~?iS i^~-ti-lrsght
fQr a ba~nri off sQ~p. ~=.~t~ruvards he realized uvhat he had dome, but it was toc (ate,
~Ve ase~derstand that Maui C®a~raty 4noiif have a Charter altaeeadra~aent o€~ the>ove~ber P~allot ttaat
mill aslc tl~ pes~pie P° they `e~ill sum®rt a 'P°f~ done>per ~nt~ raise ire propeaty taxes tasl~ aced
supfrart parPcs ar~d open spades. the or~~~i~atio?~ ~~~ss~ ~o~ ~~~lio ~.~~ds ~~s ~~~du~t~~~ ~®iP
of ~Se~~p.~r gr~p~.~yy~~;yb~~Pr~,xfa<~f~~. ~~~sgtAP3ey ~sguy~~;~?~yr~ped~ ~~~[.€~dea, ~h~~ ~2'r~}~ast a~e'd 7as~.~y~~eyPl~tp~tf~t~~~~g ~~~,a:'~~t~tcya~r
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besides the obvious ocean beach sites, other areas also deserve the Open Space. designation;
sorrle because ~~bistorical or c~aita~ral irrap~artanee. mother very lsx~~o€rat re~or` ~~r ~ett~hg
aSid~ 'F~'~3~~ ~~r`3~+~` ~~i ~CE'$~9'i3~ t~'i~;~3rlst~e $~aS and :that border tae ~ar$f~. d'.fi}p~if~
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~b€ase v~ho -are faPliar vuith i'Eona farad ~a~ch of the ~lg ls~~~d) knova that- the earti~ is r€€~died-with
lava t€~bes large-seed srnail. there is cievelapr~nt or even extensive agdcuitg.are, toy soli,
fertilizers, herbicides ara~ gera€~rai r~r~-off `om streets mill seed into sr~aiP a€ad iatge ~~ka~ and
~lnd their anra~ to tta~ sr$.
des : ~ouaatl ~u~ € the i°i~skP€`sa devel~a~~tertt, ail it took was o hard. mains ts~ ~aas.top~csii into
the spas ~ ~~~Gl be ri~lring ~r~istue ~CeaPekelcua day if s~evelopt~ent' is allo~:d above ~d lsi~ie
the day. ~'he o~~r of the r~eveioper; as a'~~orted in lr~esf l~a~raiir`Tdd'a~t ~~une to yet-aside
S®rr€e ~eL1~D'~Pt~ ~s`4°'~d r98a~' ~$te ES f~E3€3~; ~JIB'~ vn$C3rt:.lraately Fa~~ keet3 seeps aced ~~'~SIe3n
frt~r~ ehte~ing the ~~a~'~ro~ ~ €~earhy higher eieva$iorts, ~'he ia~d ~#fored iar°~, ~op~a
~.~iats"; #s stP~ a ~sahoehoe lava aat-~af~eras-out ~®r ~ short distah~~ be#~ f~~ cPif~s:
~lfaa:ai9s once bea~tPfui coral rests aid coast are suffering fronn the eveiepr~~terat o€ h~ra aced
golf caaurses rae~r the ~hor~ a~~ P~lla~ti soil i~ generally rae~t raeariy so ps~go€as as assts.
~°his rraay-ra~ cur ia~t charm to choose ~taat €tia~d of future Sawa%~ County ~tbli l'aa~€e. e can
~s~y ~a~~ ~s-~~ ~x~€~.<~ ~~d C~~~s$€~ ~i~P ~ fcr tine €~S€ P~~teis, gold ~~urs~s a°~d ~~uP~il`l~bh
dollar h~~~es ~ ~n~~ ~e tt~~ isi~~~# ~~a~ s~Ii Baas ±he beautiful< teats. ~aa€er ~~tt ape€,: spas
that ra~v~ ~ttr~ ~rsitc~
s and ado out lives sc era~oya~Pe.
';'he ralore dev~lopt~erat we have, the acre infrastruct~ce ~e need, tl~e r~; ureter roe need, the
amore rever~ase raee~y and ore aced orl. there is r;® ~ocrbt that r pop~aiatiora a~aiib eo~tinu~ tc3
groo~t nd rraa~~ ~~h~t do. ~ have e-opport~lrai~y how t~ ~~r€trci ~ that gr4~~h;ffedts
quality of life for €ss, otsr ar#~ildre~a and ire residents €r~ the years t® co~ae.