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Bethea, Skip <br /> From: Cory (Martha) Harden [mh@interpac.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:38 AM <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> Subject: NO on Pepe'ekeo BILL 356 <br /> Aloha Count Council Members, ~~JJ~~ ~ <br /> > Re: NO VOTE- BILL 356. r~,A . . <br /> > _ <br /> > This is a petition opposing Bill 356, a rezoning ordinance which, if <br /> > passed, would allow Continental Pacific, LLC to subdivide the old <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Mill camp plantation park into eleven residential lots with only <br /> > a forty foot set back from the edge of the pali. There has been no <br /> > provisions for an open space park or special accommodations for persons <br /> > needing convenient access to the shoreline area in the comprehensive plan <br /> > to subdivide 1300 acres and four miles of shoreline in the Pepe'ekeo Makai <br /> > subdivision. <br /> > PEPE'EKEO POINT is the last remnant of a historic plantation community, <br /> > and an important recreation and scenic area. This was the location of the <br /> > old Pepe'ekeo Mill camp ballpark. The area has been used for fishing, <br /> > picnicking and ocean viewing activities continuously for decades. The pali <br /> > is gently sloping and low, making this the easiest place to access the <br /> > shoreline for a four mile shoreline area. The developer has gated off <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Point and approximately two miles of shoreline. <br /> > The plantation park at PEPE'EKEO POINT is the last remnant of the historic <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Mill plantation community. The Sugar Industry is of significant <br /> > historical and cultural importance to Hawaii and has contributed <br /> > substantially to the life of the rural communities. The old camp was <br /> > abandoned and razed in 1980, yet the old ball park and surrounding <br /> > shoreline open space has remained an important recreation and scenic area. <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Point has been used for fishing, picnicking, and ocean viewing <br /> > activities continuously for generations. Public access to the former <br /> > Pepeekeo Sugar Mill and old camp is recognized in the County of Hawaii <br /> > Public Shoreline Access Inventory of 1979. The General Plan of 1989 <br /> > designates the shoreline area as "Open: Parks and historic sites." The <br /> > pali is gently sloping and low, making this the easiest place to access <br /> > the shoreline for a four mile shoreline area within the newly created <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Makai subdivision. <br /> > Pepe'ekeo Point is one of Hawaii Island's special scenic open spaces of <br /> > historical standing and it should be protected and preserved. We ask for <br /> > favorable consideration from the Hawaii County Council and a NO VOTE- BILL <br /> > 356. <br /> <br /> > Sincerely, <br /> <br /> Cory Harden Box 10265 Hilo 96721 <br /> Comm. No. Z, q <br /> Ref. To: <br /> Ref. i.'ate MFR ~(]5_ <br /> 1 <br /> <br />