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<br /> _F'EH-0§_=01 TUE 02:20 PM GRY GLEN OKIKA 00B 960 6139 P, 01 <br /> r • <br /> February 8, 2001 <br /> Mayor Harry Kan and County Council <br /> County t)fflce Building <br /> Aupuni Street ~ ''~I <br /> Hilo, Ilawea, 96720 <br /> Dear Mayor Kim and Council Memben• <br /> I would Eke to offer my perspective on the proposed new Sbiptnen fhoppiag canto to ire <br /> constructed in the Kearw area, et the new intuchaege• I Mve objections to this propose! for <br /> several reasons, and hope you wUl conaidu these fltetora in your fLral deoielon <br /> Fast, l do not behove that the location lends itself to the fatooth flow of traffic if it u located <br /> duectly at the new intusection, It also renders that ua increasingly morn urban rather than rural <br /> and accelerates that trarwtion With such a corner oonswction, the entry Brea wiN make this <br /> throughway a 4 way traf5c signal cross point, My understanding was that ties long awaited road <br /> coasauouon wu deaigaad to allow moro rapid std fate postage into Pahoa end toward Volcano, <br /> and this proposal doe not larva tbet purpose. With their loge land holdingf and multiple options <br /> for locations, it leant Slapman could ashy build the new ~wpping caner in their Indurtrial Park <br /> area, and enter from the arrest road already in place there <br /> Additionally, with a long established shopping ewter already struggling to Kaau arrow the <br /> tughway, I believe it would be more appropriue to auppart that cerrtu and the coma o£the <br /> allege of Keaau rtsdf by eeeataaging Shipman to enlarge, modemixo and wpport thtlt area Tlds . <br /> would also support the marry elderly people Uving in Keaau who wJl not so easily be able to walk <br /> across rather dangerous roads to the new proposed center <br /> With the add8lon of the new schools already io piece, and with rho I{Mtehameht school <br /> wtrtrocnon pending loon, an eddttional trek sign4 will be requved evartually up at that same <br /> uea less flan a mile or taro away, and even 14tther delay traffic flow with large numbew of school <br /> buses and puent care exiting and entering at key times of the day, increasing accident potrntial <br /> Mother akernative might be for Shipman to support the community by constructing badly needed <br /> hospital amd medical and socul service facilities in tltis uea, nthu than yet enotha mall. These <br /> would certainly bring mom jobs to this use, one sated beaelft, yet these jobs would reprexnt a <br /> tvrder range of eoonomuc levels and professional possrb~htiee for eitiaens, rathu then loge <br /> numbers of yet morn entry level service positions the shoppiulg center would provide <br /> Therefore, while thts proposal serves Shipman, it does not serve the rseeds of the people, of good <br /> rural planaing, or of economic or aeethede criteria I ask tbet you do not approve this proposal <br /> Sinxrety, <br /> Gsy Loh Dar&eld, rr,_n , r.~r <br /> H?(I GeY LNIf Oefh~10 <br /> A 0 De>r 73l <br /> Mo lain Vow HI 04771 <br /> Comm. Xo. <br /> Fyle No. <br /> Ref. Tot <br /> Ref. Data 6 <br /> <br />