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September 10, 2016 ?1116 SEP 14 Af9 1 1 08 <br /> PLANN N ( ,)1-"'/V-;TPM./1ENT <br /> PO Box 199 COUNTY Of- HAWAII <br /> Hakalau, HI 96710 <br /> Brad Kurokawa, Chair <br /> Hamakua CDP Steering Committee <br /> do Hawaii County Planning Department <br /> Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 <br /> Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> RE: Hakalau Point <br /> Aloha, Hamakua CDP Steering Committee. I'm Ken Forbes from Hakalau. I'd like to give some <br /> input on the 2 Options for Hakalau Point outlined in Review Packet Document 4, under#3 d. <br /> First, a word about my background. I was born in Honokaa and grew up on the Hamakua Coast <br /> and Hilo. After a work life on Oahu, I moved back and now live in Hakalau where I actually had <br /> lived for 5 years growing up. My dad spent his Work life at Plantations on the Hamakua Coast <br /> and Hilo. I mention this so you might appreciate that I have a particular interest in the future of <br /> this coast and in the future of Hakalau. <br /> Regarding the 2 Options you've asked us to consider: <br /> Option 1, with its Low Density Urban designation, invites the coastal bluff development so many <br /> of us living in Hakalau and surrounding communities do not want for the future of Hakalau or for <br /> Hamakua in general. As you know, this perspective is quite evident from the community input to <br /> the CDP. I would also like to add a note about the results of a petition including about 600 <br /> signatures done in May-June of this year advocating preservation of Hakalau Point from <br /> development. The Hakalau community itself was nearly unanimously in favor and the petition <br /> was well represented by the nearby communities that comprised the former Hakalau Plantation <br /> and by other Hamakua communities as well. If it helps you,we can supply all details about this <br /> petition. <br /> Option 2,with its Open designation for a large part of the 2 parcels, is definitely heading in the <br /> right direction. As a practical matter, it would mean simply keeping the current 2005 GP LUPAG <br /> map as is, no amendments. Simple is good but we would still have the problem of the <br /> remaining Industrial LUPAG designation within the one parcel. As with others, my view is that <br /> the land beside the bluff beside Hakalau Bay should remain undeveloped for posterity. So an <br /> Open designation for all the land in both Hakalau Point parcels is what I would like the Steering <br /> Committee to consider for the CDP-proposed LUPAG map. That, I think, would be most <br /> consistent with the community input. As needed, however, the next best choice would be to <br /> accept Option 2 as stated. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. <br /> Aloha, <br /> Ken Forbes <br /> 107528 <br />