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COUNTY COUNTY CLERK COMM. 15
COUNTY OF HAWAI'I
RECEIVED
Time 12:16 pm By je
Janice Palma-Glennie Date of/oa�lq
P.O.Box 4849
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96745
Attention: Hawaii County Council Planning Committee
Re: Bill 1 to amend ordinance 99-42
Aloha Committee members,
Bill 1 is related to what appears to be a somewhat unusual and complicated issue. But
what isn't difficult to understand is that one of the caveats for the vast Kaupulehu
development was that it would provide public access through its property to the ocean.
There's probably plenty of blame to go around from the developer, to the state and
even the county. But 20 years is too long to make claims that this promised access
can't exist for any reasons other than foot-dragging, long-overdue clarity, and/or lack
of will on the part of at least some of those entities.
Even though there are some special circumstances where shoreline access is allowed
to others besides Kaupulehu property owners and guests, it's not enough. It's good
that hawaiian practitioners have some access. It's good that some organized group of
keiki can have limited access. And it's Pono that public access exists to at least some
limited extent through adjacent properties. But it's not good that a promise to the
public is being circumvented at the public's untold expense of losing a huge chunk of
coastal open space while this private development continues to expand.
The broader local community needs a quick resolution to this situation through the
auspices of this group, theplanning department, and the state in tandem with
Kaupulehu landowners. Whether it's in the form of an amendment to the development
permit or any other approach that will force the hand of requisite entities and get them
onboard to allow immediate public access through this property, we hope that the
process of opening true public access has now begun, and that it will reach fruition this -
year, notin another 5, 10 or 20 years in the future.
Mahalo and sincerely,
Janice Palma-Glennie
Comm. No. 13.1
Ref. To: PICOUnal
Ref. Date ;JAN 0 8 2019