Talk:Punaluʻu Beach

Anyone have any pictures? --Ali'i 20:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

No Sources?

Needs to add sources that reference the 'disordely people' and the new beach development --Daishi808 23:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Development?

The enitire section titled "Development" has been fully edited by Jennifer Pang, a representative of the developer - Sea Mountain Five. Recent public hearings regarding the County of Hawaii's purchase of the currently leased beach park at Punalu'u have drawn advocates of preservation at a rate of nearly 3-1 over those in favor of the development. Punalu'u is a CDP, and not a town, and therefore the statement that "Most Punalu'u residents support this project" is completely biased. Sea Mountain has negotiated with a group it fully funded (O Ka'u Kakou) but has refused to negotiate with preservation minded community members.

I tried to trim out the most egregious slanted writing in this edit. Hopefully I made it balanced enough. If you think it's not good enough, hack at it yourself a bit and we can all check back later, or just let me know and I'll have another go at it. Mahalo. --Ali'i 13:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Aloha, Alii - Jennifer Pang here - yes, I edited it as the original post was written completely slanted the other way saying that most people support Kau Preservation's views. My understanding is that at the public hearing, advocates of the resolution were 66 percent to 33 percent who did not want the resolution. One cannot take the numbers regarding the resolution and equate them to who wants preservation and who does not. My understanding is that all groups want to preserve the feel and sense of place of Kau. Meanwhile and of that 66 percent, many were from Puna and from Kona, not from Kau (Where Punaluu is). Secondly, Sea Mountain Five is working with many groups, including the Kau Hawaiian Civic Club and Kau Rural Health. Therefore I will change that one biased area in your post. Other than that, you have done an excellent job of presenting both sides. You may want to add that unfortunately this conflict is dividing the community but I will leave that up to you. Jenniferpang808 06:55, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Please find secondary sources for this material. I have reposted it below. —Viriditas | Talk 09:11, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Proposed section

There is an ongoing discussion of a proposed redevelopment of the infrastructure currently serving Punaluʻu. Sea Mountain V in consultancy with Group 70 International, Inc. hope to bring new jobs, new job training, and a partnership with Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society [1] for marine and land protection programs.

Sea Mountain V and Group 70 International, Inc. have stated that the complex will be environmentally friendly, and that the proposed Sea Mountain complex will renew the current infrastructure at Punaluʻu, enhancing the area between Pahala and Nāʻālehu. Through collaborative conversations with first an advisory community group in 2005 and 2006 (that broke off to create their own independent community group, O Kaʻū Kakou), and later with talks with the Kaʻū Hawaiian Civic Club, Kaʻū Rural Health and others, the revised development is scaled significantly back from the original proposal. Today’s development calls for 1,400 total hotel and residential units spread over a 434-acre area. All buildings will be pushed far back from the shoreline, between 300 and 600 feet off the beach. In addition, the developer is working with community to create a Cultural Center for the region of Kaʻū, and to preserve culturally significant sites. The proposal will work closely to create land and marine protection programs and children's educational programs with Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society [2]. In June 2007, Ocean Futures Society held the first Ambassadors of the Environment camps in Punaluʻu, free to the children of Kaʻū.

Sea Mountain V, owners and leaseholders of the County of Hawaii's beach park at Punaluʻu, has stated it would donate land to create a 17-acre park, as well as create a shoreline preservation area for a total of 56 acres that will restrict the designated shoreline area so no buildings will be allowed except those shown on the shoreline plan. In addition, Sea Mountain Five expects to create 517 new jobs and 3,800 person years of employment in Kaʻū, as well as $735 million in economic input and $342 million in new household income through the project. Sea Mountain Five's plan also will fix the infrastructure serving more than 100 residences in Punaluʻu, including the sewer system which has been rated "marginally adequate" and the water system which is not up to par.

The County of Hawaii, and it's Finance Committee, after hearing much debate over a resolution put forth by Council Member Bob Jacobson (Resolution 169-07), held a public hearing on June 4, 2007 to gauge public sentiment regarding the feasibility of acquiring 150-acres of land in the area of the current beach park through Hawaii County's 2% Land Acquisition Fund, and with matching Federal Funding earmarked toward the land acquisition through legislation introduced by US Congresswoman Mazie Hirono.

The community group Ka'u Preservation and its membership and others support the land acquisition proposal and preservation of Punaluʻu's significantly cultural areas and pristine beach area, while the community group O Kaʻū Kakou (We are Kaʻū), the Kaʻū Hawaiian Civic Club, Kaʻū Rural Health and the Kaʻū Chamber of Commerce and its membership and others support the Sea Mountain V/Group 70 International project, seeking to bring a new economic driver to the area, which began to decline with the closing of the sugar plantations in the 1980s and 90s.

Green Turtle Endangered? From the Green Turtle page it says "In the United States, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and National Marine Fisheries Service classify C. mydas as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act". Therefore the Green Turtle should be listed as Threatened instead of Endangered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.75.231.2 (talk) 16:24, 1 August 2012 (UTC)

The curse

What if sand gets caught in the pocket of my shorts and I go home with it in there by accident, will I be cursed? What about sand stuck to the bottom of my shoes? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.28.170.245 (talk) 20:13, 4 September 2008 (UTC)