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Communication No. 2014-29 May 13, 2014 To: Warren Lee, Hawaii County Director of Public Works Dear Director Lee, We the Puna Community Development Plan-(P CDP Action Committee, do hereby submit this is letter of recommendation_to reopen South Lauko Road. A meeting held specifically to address this issue over a year ago was attended by yourself and County Councilman Zendo Kern at the Department of Public Works;in which you requested, and Zendo Kern concurred,that an official response from the PCDP Action Committee was required in order for the county to proceed with planning to reopen South Lauko Road. You have each voiced your desire, along with Mayor Kenoi,to proceed with the necessary planning, allocation of resources, and subsequent reopening of South Lauko Road once this is accomplished. The Puna Community Development Plan Action Committee herein expresses it's complete support of this action in order for the county to proceed with planning to reopen South Lauko for reasons which include those stated below. The report of the-Ssubcommittee on Connectivity and Emergency Response will have been considered for acceptance by the AC at the May 4-213, 2014 PCDP meeting, in which S. Lauko Road is clearly designated as the 91 option for upper Puna(please see attached documentation). A subsequent motion will have been made at the May 4-213, 2014 PCDP meeting to accept this "priority list" from the subcommittee on Pfeil '-edness and Connectivity and Emergency Response, in addition to a motion to accept the sub committee's report and their methodology in arriving at the priority. As you are aware, the South Lauko Road is completely owned the County of Hawaii, and was previously used in the 1960's and 1970's by the general public. In 2013 the 14awaii Co yDepartment of-Public Works paved almost a mile of South Lauko Road. Currently the Fern Acres Community Association Board of Directors has had extensive discussion with many community members and ha-ve—has voted unanimously in favor of reopening South Lauko Road to reconnect to-with Puhala Street as soon as possible. The current lava flow from oPu`u `0'6 is active and slowly moving behind of our Fern Acres Community about 1.7 miles away. The potential for another dry summer this year will