Aloha friends and ohana,

Thursday June 17th, 5:00 pm, Moikeha Building, Rooms 2A & 2B. Next to the
DMV Office in Lihue. Please put it on your calendar, and plan to attend
this critical public meeting.

Kauai’s Governor’s Community Advisory Council will be holding a meeting at
that time, for the specific purpose of addressing HB 2872 which is
currently sitting on Governor Lingle’s desk, awaiting her signature.

This is the ‘Kokee bill’. Here’s the link to the actual text of this bill
so you can read it for yourself:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB2872_CD2_.htm

But let me summarize (and explain) it briefly.

There are 3 critical aspects to House Bill 2872:

1) All current Kokee leaseholders will get an opportunity to obtain new
long-term leases at re-negotiated lease rents.

2) There will be an auction for all other available cabins and vacant
lots, giving preference to Kauai fulltime residents.

3) A Citizen’s Advisory Council will be formed, consisting of 9 members
from Kauai’s community and 4 non-voting ‘experts’. This Council will help
direct how issues pertaining to Kokee are addressed.

The unfortunate choices made by the DLNR in 1985 do not have to be
repeated. We do not need to lose more beloved Kokee cabins to an
ill-conceived auction. The current Kokee cabin community provides lodging
and ‘connection’ to a huge network of local families, and this needs to be
preserved.

The accumulated knowledge, relationships, commitment, passion and