Testifiers needed Tomorrow! via Shannon Rudolph Please help save the ancient alaloa trail AKA Kings Trail & shoreline public access in Kohala. Please urge the county council to reject Kohala Kai LLCs proposal to alter the ancient ala loa trail & undermine traditional & customary practices & public uses of the shoreline north. The last hearing for this development’s approval will be held on 12/03/2013 @1:30pm If at all possible come in person and offer testimony on behalf of all ohana who enjoy the freedom to fish, gather, camp and swim along the North Kohala Coast. You may go to your local County Council Office to give testimony via video conferencing: Pahoa Neighborhood Center Kona County of Hawaii Center Council Chambers HOVE Community Center North Kohala Old Bank Building Waimea County Council Office If you can not testify in person written testimony can be sent to [email protected]. Enough is enough! This kind of underhanded transfer of wealth out of the public trust has got to stop Aloha kakou, The issue regarding the taking of the King’s trail (often referred to as the Kings trail or the jeep trail) and turning it over to private developers has been an issue for a while, as well as billionaire speculators buying up ocean front lands and turning them into high end gated communities, locking out the public.It is happening at an alarming rate along the North Kohala coast. These areas have been used for generations by local families for fishing and camping. A development named Kohala Kai has been granted permits that are questionable. Among many highly suspect moves is the rerouting of the King’s trail. This rerouting will allow the private developer to turn the Kings trail into a golf cart road for private use only and reroute the King’s trail walking path onto an old cattle trail. The King’s trail has already been grated without proper oversight. This cattle trail is treacherous. There is no way a fisherman could carry their gear over this “new” trail to get to the ocean. We the public have been given a grand total of 3 parking spaces at the top of the highway and are expected to haul our gear onto an old cattle trail to nowhere since we are now not allowed off the trail.There is no longer access to the ocean since the one access area will become a private clubhouse area for the wealthy gated community members only. There are also significant cultural sites in the area that will be off limits. In order to access the sites one would have to pass arduous documentation that will then be scrutinized by an entity yet to be identified before a “permit” for access would be granted. Is this what we want duplicated along the Kohala coastline? Areas our families have enjoyed for generations will be gone soon if we do not speak up. The above sign is posted on the development next to Kohala Kai; I really hope it is not a sign of what is ahead for our families. Please call our county council members and write to them to tell them this is unacceptable. We can no longer accept the selling of our precious resources to the highest bidder. The ocean, aina, the wealth and joy these precious resources provide belong to all of us. There will be a hearing at some point regarding granting the developer easement. I will keep you updated and hopefully you will be able to send in testimony or come in person. The way that this has come into being is so questionable. As soon as I have all the details I will make them available. The light of truth will clear a way for things to be made right. For the sake of simplicity I have highlighted a few of the issues below: restoration of the Ala Loa trail Ala Loa trail designated as the public access trail access to ocean via cove area since it is the only area in that development allowing access to enter the ocean ( the developer said this area would be private (no public access) with a club house being built there & the two ancient wa’a storage sites being restored for use by the private development’s community only) ability to camp without asking for permission ability to fish at night without asking for permission open access to sacred cultural sites review of permitting process (there are many questionable) admission of additional historically significant cultural sites for preservation Aloha e, Ka’ho’opi’i- Nawahine Ohana
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:28:35 +0000
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