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>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 18:01:32 -1000 (HST) CC`"'`
>From: karl <karl@localhost . localdomain> COUi~~ ~ ;._iHy;
>To: Hawaii County Council Councilman James Arakaki
<hiclerkQinterpac.net>,
> Councilman Aaron Chung <hiclerkc~interpac.net>,
> Councilman John Ray <hiclerk®interpac.net>,
> Councilman Joe Reynolds <hiclerk@interpac.net>,
> Councilman John Santangelo <hiclerkQinterpac.net>,
> Councilman Al Smith <hiclerkQinterpac.net>,
> Councilwoman Bobbie Jean Leithead-Todd
<hiclerkc~interpac.net>,
> Councilman Curtis Tyler <hiclerkQinterpac.net>,
> Councilman Dominic Yagong <hiclerkointerpac.net>
>Subject: Wood Pulp Project
>Copy of a letter sent to Mayor Yamashiro. Please note our concerns.
>Mayor Stephen Yamashiro
>County of Hawaii
>25 Aupuni Street
>Hi"lo, HI 96720
>Dear Mayor Yamashiro:
>At the July 24, 1997 meeting of the Ahualoa Community Association
there was
>unanimous agreement of the members present that the following
resolution be
>adopted:
>The Ahualoa Community Association opposes the use of public lands on
the Big
>Island for the Oji-Marubeni "Hawaii Sustainable Forest Plantation
Project".
>The Association feels the negative aspects of this project far
outweigh
>the positive ones.
>The 55 year lease takes the land away from the community for the
rest of our
>lives. Once taken away, no other use of this land will be possible.
>We believe that there are ways to use this land that are much more
>beneficial to the residents of the County and to the environra~nt.
>We feel that it is government's responsibility to make a good faith
>effort to determine and evaluate these alternatives.
>It is well known that pulp companies have a very bad reputation~as~-
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>neig ors an emp oyers roug ou e wor ey ave consis en y
>broken promises to protect native forests and provide jobs. The
>trees have to be sprayed with pesticide and herbicide and
fertilizers.
>There are erosion and toxic runoff problems. Local fisheries may be
affected.
>Erosion and contamination of soil will be problems. There will be
excess
>traffic from logging trucks with associated damage to roads.
Spectacular
>ocean and mountain views will turn into dark tree-lined corridors.
>And after 55 years of this, what will be left of the land ?
>We understand the difficult economic situation facing our island and
>recognize that within the law, private landowners have the right to
utilize
>their lands as they see fit. However, the use of the public lands
by local
>residents would, in our opinion, better serve the needs of our
people than
>turning over public lands to an industry that takes so much and
gives so
>little in return.
>We urge you to consider the true long-term impact of what appears to
be
>a short term fix.
>Respectfully,
>W. Augustuz Elliott
>President
>Ahualoa Community Association
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