From: Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:22 PM To: Subject: Urgent-- Koke`e Aloha Friends of Koke`e, I'm sending this urgent request that you send an email or a letter BEFORE AUGUST 4TH (to be received by August 7th) to try to stop the State from moving forward on its plans to sell off the mountain... By this I mean that the Master Plan/EIS for Koke`e and Waimea Canyon calls for: a 40-60 room hotel at the meadow, together with over 200 parking stalls, increased parking for the camping area, and BUS parking; "improving" the road up to the Kalalau lookout to accommodate "full size buses"; adding more viewpoints, with bus parking, concessions, etc., all the way up the mountain; building an "entry" booth... clearly intended to collect $ from those travelling up the mountain (though it currently says that Hawaii residents would be exempt from the charge); and auctioning off the recreational cabins to the highest bidder world-wide in early September! I have attended 2 meetings and the public testimony couldn't have been clearer... but none of it has ended up in the Master Plan/EIS.  This makes it even more important that we put our comments in writing immediately. The deadline to submit comments is Monday, AUGUST 7, 2006.. less than 2 weeks from now. I'M ATTACHING SAMPLE LETTERS-- YOU CAN USE ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM THEM. EVEN A SHORT "PLEASE STOP THE AUCTION AND PLANS TO DEVELOP KOKE`E" MESSAGE WILL BE HELPFUL. Mahalo, Nancy The only place I could find a copy of the master plan/EIS is at www.malamaokokee.org. I would guess that you could request a copy from Lauren Tanaka at DLNR, too. Send comments by email to: Lauren.A.Tanaka@hawaii.gov Or by mail to: DLNR-Division of State Parks Attn: Lauren Tanaka Post Office Box 621 Honolulu, Hawaii 96809 If you want to cc others (I think this is a good idea), here are some addresses: Governor Linda Lingle 4155 Beretania StreetHonolulu, HI 96813 Office of Environmental Quality Control (ha!), 235 Beretania Street, Room 702, Honolulu 96813 Chester T. Koga AICP: Project Director  [the CONSULTANT that drafted the MP and EIS] R.M. Towill Corporation 420 Waiakamilo Road, Suit 411 Honolulu HI 96817-4950 (808) 842-1133 or (808) 748-7433 ChesterK@rmtowill.com www.rmtowill.com Ron Agor: BLNR Member Agor Architecture 4374 Kukui Grove - Suite 204 Lihue HI 96766 (808) 245-4550 agorarch@hisemail.net Senator Daniel Inouye 722 Hart Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1102 http://inouye.senate.gov/ Senator Daniel Akaka 141 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Congressman Ed Case 5104 Prince Kuhio Fed. Bldg. Honolulu, HI 96850 ed.case@mail.house.gov Daniel Quinn, Director Division of State Parks 1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 310 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 587-0300 Fax (808) 587-0311