LIHUE — A master plan that maps the future of Black Pot Beach Park is the topic of discussion at a community meeting on Tuesday. The meeting is set for 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hanalei Elementary School cafeteria.
LIHUE — A master plan that maps the future of Black Pot Beach Park is the topic of discussion at a community meeting on Tuesday.
The meeting is set for 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hanalei Elementary School cafeteria.
The master plan will set a vision for Black Pot Beach Park that will shape facility improvements in the park over the next 20 years. It will reflect the values and voices of those who enjoy diverse activities there, such as fishing, camping, surfing, paddling, and gathering at sunset.
Black Pot is a 5.46-acre park on the eastern end of Hanalei Bay with restrooms and outdoor showers, pavilions, portapottys, picnic tables and weekend camping access. It is one of 67 parks owned by the county.
Black Pot as well as other parks in the Hanalei district are in “high need” of expansion, according to the Parks and Recreation Department’s Master Plan for Kauai County.
Land was added to the park in 2012 following the county’s acquisition of 2.63 acres from Michael Guard Sheehan, owner of Hanalei River Enterprises, Inc., a company that ran a former commercial boat landing adjacent to the park. In 2010, less than an acre was added through a separate land acquisition.
Last summer the county completed a $61,000 expansion of wastewater facilities at the park.
The work included installing additional leach field absorption beds and new pumps and re-routing pipe lines to improve treatment of wastewater prior to getting to the leach fields.
