The beautiful Ko Olina lagoons are beaches that local people and visitors alike have enjoyed for many years.  With the advent of  the COVID 19 pandemic, it is shockingly clear Ko Olina management, particularly the resorts (Disney Aulani, 4 Seasons, Beach Villas, and the Marriott) are  pretending public entry and use of the lagoon areas are under their control—THEY ARE NOT! Although the resort property inland from the natural coastline is private, public access to the area is guaranteed by law.  Their new draconian “entry rules" violate the conditions of the Resolutions that they signed with the Honolulu City and County's Department of Planning and Permitting before they were even allowed to develop their resort property. According to Resolutions 86-61 and 86-09, Ko Olina is required to provide and maintain 4 public comfort stations, 4 public access ways to the ocean, and 150 public parking spaces REGARDLESS of any operating “safety” conditions not specifically mandated by the State of Hawaii.

Despite the local community efforts to regain public access, Ko Olina continues to illegally choke off public parking lot capacity citing “safety considerations.”  The resorts have their own fully-operational parking garages for their private tourist visitors where “safety” apparently isn’t a concern.

   Amazingly, the residents that live in the Ko Olina community and pay their dues in HOA fees towards the lagoons are treated like the general public and are discriminated from free entry with the “New “Opening Plan”.  The Cove ONE and FOUR  public parking lots are only open to 50% capacity. Cove Two is segregated for the Ko Olina residents, yet the Ko Olina residents pay dues for all FOUR lagoons.  Ko Olina residents and the public in general must be able to access ALL of the lagoons!  Residents are excluded from decisions about public access to the lagoons. These private owners pay 40% of their  HOA dues towards the maintenance of the coves.

   Please sign the e-petition to make a stand for the future generations of Hawaii’s people: Mayor Caldwell, City Officials, and Ko Olina management, we call on you to stop alienating the people of Hawaii! Stop catering to rich corporations and their private tourists above the general public.  We, the residents of Ko Olina and the citizens of O'ahu  call on Ko Olina Resorts  to honor the agreements that they accepted in order to build resorts in Ko Olina in the first place.  Reopen completely ALL public parking at Ko Olina!