"The North Shore Strategy Planning Committee has been addressing the traffic and all the other issues like marine life, conservation, and cultural issues since 1986," said Sarah Cadiz with the committee.  "We continue to dialogue with the new owners and we support what they brought up to the table."

The developers for Turtle Bay say they will continue taking comments from the public until Jan. 18, 2013.   They will use those comments for their final environmental impact statement, which is expected out next summer.