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population of the Big Island Of Hawaii is about 150,000. Due to rapidly growing <br /> population, the desperately needed by-pass that was completed in year 2000 will become <br /> increasing ineffective in time. <br /> W.H. Shipman who is the one of the largest pnvate landowners in Puna owns almost all <br /> the land rn the Keaau area and can build the Gateway Shopping Center m Keasu Town or <br /> any lands adJacent to Keaau town <br /> Three yeazs ago in Apnl of 1998, Bob Saunders of W.H. Shipman Company asked me to <br /> - testify against the McCully Shopping center that was planned to be built on the By-pass. <br /> We wanted to protect the commercial interest of the town of Keaau. Developing Keaau <br /> town was also the objective of the planning department. <br /> Jun McCully, the developer of the Puna Market Center was requesting a change of <br /> zoning on 20 acres of land zoned ML-20 to MCX, which would allow Mr. McCully to <br /> _ build a shopping center on the Keaau Pahoa By-Pass Bob Saunders ask me to testify <br /> against McCully's project. I called other business owners to speak against the McCully <br /> project Attached is my testimony delivered to the County Council on May 4, 1998. <br /> <br /> - Today, to address Gateway's unpact on the by-pass intersection Bill # 196 was amended <br /> and requires a street to connect the back of the Gateway Shopping Center to the W.H. <br /> Shipman Business Pazk. This is an improvement but does not eliminate the increased <br /> inter-drstrict stopping and waiting by traveler between Hilo, Pahoa, Keaau, Volcano, and <br /> Ka'u at the intersection <br /> Sure Save supports buildrng W.H. Slupman's Gateway Shopping Center and supports <br /> saving the by-pass. Please listen to Puna's residents: "build the shopping center in Keaau <br /> - Town or next to the Keaau ballpazk so that we don't compromise the original intent of the <br /> bypass." <br /> - Please work with the Keaau Econotruc Development Advisory Association (KEDAA) <br /> to preserve, save, add, expand, grow, and work together. <br /> - Thank you very much. <br /> - Very sjzteet+~ly yours, <br /> Carl H. Okuyam <br /> - Chairman, <br /> Copies. Council Members <br /> Mayor Harry ICim <br /> KEDAA <br /> 2 <br /> <br />