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<br /> - ru i.nrr VLpn uK1Ka 808 968 6139 P. 01 <br /> February 8, 200] <br /> Mayor Harry Kim sad Courtly Courtci! ~ <br /> Coumy Once ]3trild'utg , <br /> Aupuni 3tteet ~ , <br /> Hilo, Hawaii, 96720 <br /> Dear Mayor Kim and Council Members: <br /> I would like to offer ttty perapectiva on the proposed new Shipman shopping tattler to be <br /> ooaattucted in the Keaau aroa, u the sew Imetthattge, I have objearons to this proposal fbr <br /> scvorsl reasons, and hope 7~ will oontider these fictote in your 8nei dcaiaion <br /> First, I do not bdiava thu the loation lauds itself to the smooth Sow of tra~o if it is looatad % <br /> directly at the new intersection. It also renders that ems iaaeeaingty ntom urban rather than rum <br /> and accelerates that ttanaition With ouch a owner oonstntctioa, the entry area wlll tasks tide <br /> throughway a 4 way trafBe signal crow point My underatertding was that this IonR awaited road <br /> construction was designed to e9ow mare rapid and safe passage into Pehw std ttrwgrd Volaam, <br /> and this proposal dos mt Cletus that purpose. With 14eir largo land holdimlgs and rtrulriple options <br /> fFor lneations, it aeanta Shiptnau Could ea.Wy build the new shopping center in their Iaduatrid Park <br /> area, and ems from the access road already in plane there <br /> Additionally, with a long eaubliahed shopping timer already abugglhtg in Keaau atxose the <br /> highway, I believe it would be more appropriate to support that oeoter and the xetor of the <br /> village ofl{euu itself by eaoottregiog Shipman to watge, tnodetmu and wpport that area. This <br /> woukl also wpport the many elderly people living in Keatu who wtil tact ao easily be able to walk <br /> across rather dargcrous roads to Cho now proposed center. <br /> Whh the addition of fire new acltooLj already to place, and with the Karuthatneha school <br /> oonstructioa pearling noon, an additional traffic signal will be required eventually up at that umo <br /> area feu than a mile or two away, and even Atrtber delay tte®c flow with large nutnbetra of school <br /> buses and parent care wring and entering at koy times of the day, itureasiag accident ptrtartial. <br /> Another alternative rttight be for Shgmtan to support the wmanudry by ormatru~Kiug badly needed <br /> hospitd and medical and social service foilitiea in this area, rather than yet another mall. These <br /> would certainly bring more jobs to this era, one added benefit, yet those jobs wnuld repravut a <br /> wider range of economic lavela and professional poeeibilities for citizens, rather then large <br /> trumbers of yet more entry level service positions the shopping txrtter would provide <br /> Therefore, whilo this propowl nerves Shipman, it does trot salve the needs of the people, of good <br /> rural plarmirtg, or of eoommie of aesthetic aritaia. i ask that you do mt approve this proposal. <br /> Sincerely, , <br /> Gay Leah Bartleld, Ph.D , MF]' _ <br /> ply UaY Lnh auFltlJ <br /> P O Bole 737 <br /> • MO t~+n YIKV HI a87 t <br /> <br />