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COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
October 2,2012
Members of the County Council
County of Hawaii
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo Hawaii 96720
Re: Res 303-12
Dear Councilpersons:
The Puako Community Association (PCA) requests that the County Council defer action
on this agenda item for the following reasons:
1. The Public Land Development Corporation has not adopted its final rules nor has
it published a Strategic Plan.
We believe it is premature and improper for the County Council to take such drastic
action at this time.
2. The PCA recognizes the value of the PLDC despite the public outcry over its alleged
shortcomings.
We see the PLDC as a unique vehicle to accomplish one of our most important
Community goals which is memorialized in the South Kohala Community
Development Plan. "The [Puako] forest must be protected from development." (Pg.
140 Strategy 3.3) There is a proposal to establish a honey bee preserve in the Puako
Forest. We believe this is the highest and best use of the kiawe forest where world class
honey originates. The PLDC can make this happen. By not requiring a full
competitive bid process, the PLDC has flexibility to choose projects that more
comprehensively represent the values of the community and the state than may be
available through a purely competitive bidding process.
Respectfully submitted,
Pe&r naobted
Peter Hackstedde,
President
P.O.Box 44345,Kamuela HI 96743
Tel 808-345-6304 Email:phack @hawaii.rr.com