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ACKERMAN RANCH <br /> P.O. BOX 715 KEALAKEKUA, HI.98750 <br /> Phone: (808) 322-3672 Fax: (808) 322.3498 <br /> December 20, 2004 <br /> Fax to: Planning Committee Chair and Members <br /> Fax 961-8912 <br /> Regarding: Proposed General Plan Revisions <br /> Dear Planning Committee Chair and Members, <br /> My family has owned property between Keauhou Bay and Kealakekua Bay for over one <br /> hundred years. We own approximately 500 acres which extends from the Mamalahoa <br /> Highway down to the ocean. The property has been used primarily for cattle ranching <br /> and coffee farming. <br /> We are o os to our property below the old railroad, or the current new Hokuli'a by- <br /> pass highway, being categorized as "Important Agricultural Land" as is proposed in <br /> Draft 1 of the New General Plan. This land is steep, rocky and arid. The average <br /> rainfall is probably less than 20 inches a year. We have only been able to graze cattle <br /> on this land during the wet months when there is some grass. Even this usage has not <br /> been profitable for us. Very little would grow on this land without extensive and <br /> expensive irrigation and land preparation. "Important Agricultural Land" would be a <br /> complete miss categorization of this area. It is my belief that all land owners who have <br /> similar land in this area would agree. There is much good agricultural land on the Big <br /> Island and this area is not among that type of land. <br /> We hope you will take our request into serious consideration. <br /> Respectfully, <br /> <br /> A.D. Ackerman <br /> President <br /> Comm. No. ~ 2'y8 <br /> Ref. Tos Pre-s~~ - <br /> Ref. Uate JAIV d LUUJ <br /> <br />