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14 Jul.'02 Hawaii County Council _ _ _l James Arakaki 25 Aupui St. Hilo, HT 96720 Subject: Proposed Ocean View Area for Businesses Dear Councilman Arakaki. I am a resident of the Ocean View area, a 40 sq. mi. community made up of 5 sub- divisions. I-lwy. l l cuts throug'~ a little below the middle of the area with 4 subdivisions on the m.~kai side of the high~v~ay with approximately 1,500 three acre lots. The mauka side has one sub-division made up of a little over 11,000 one acre lots, bringing the total number of lots in the Ocean View area to at least 12,500. The Hawaii County Strategic Plan now being reviewed by the County Council proposes an area for business only on the makai side of Hwy. l l for Ocean View. This is a little confusing since there are already well established businesses on each side of the highwray. Since Hwy. l l is a State highway, the State has not permitted any direct access to the highway except from existing sub-division roads which eliminates any advantage from any sub division. The Ocean View area presently is about 12% built-out with a population of just under 3,000, however it is growing very rapidly. The 2000 census showed a 124% increase since tl~c previous census. Looking and planning ahead to when Ocean View approaches, or reaches 100% build~out evitl~ a potentia133,000 plus population, and nearly 90 living on the mauka side of the highway, how can the main business area be justified being placed on the makai side .This represents a lot of cars crossing a busy highway. If both sides of the highway had designated areas for business, it might reduce thr nurrtber of cars crossing by 50 % or more. Please reconsider the proposed location for the business areas in Ocean View. Sincerely, o Ba P.O.Box 6020 Ocean View, HI 96737 gin. 1~1~ ~®a lief. '':~tE~ ~U~ _