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The schools aze already overcrowded with increased use of portables, more <br /> <br /> danger for children walking to school and buses stuck in traffic situations posing even <br /> <br /> greater hazard to our keiki. <br /> The coastline is rapidly disappearing with build up of taller condos and no places <br /> for people to enjoy watching the coast. Will the visitors and seasonal folks still want to <br /> <br /> come here when it looks like Kihei or worse? We need to preserve the qualities that <br /> <br /> bring our visitors to this island. <br /> Developers argue that "Alii Drive is already planned for urban development and <br /> <br /> we need to accept this"! Well, we say we have a right to self-determination and can <br /> choose to stop this merry-go-round before it is too late! If you have ever been to Carmel <br /> in California, you will realize that the small town beauty, the lovely coastline and the <br /> quaintness that is preserved will keep visitors coming, not send them away. Instead, <br /> Carmel allowed development in a corridor mauka of the shoreline azea, preserving the <br /> environment of the coastline. We could allow medium density condos along Queen <br /> Kaahumanu or Kuakini Highways, which would still present gorgeous sunset views from <br /> visitors' lanais, direct traffic away from coastline and tsunami-vulnerable areas, and <br /> preserve our 5 mile stretch of coastline drive. <br /> Please support sustainable, visionary, long term planning by preserving our <br /> limited coastline resources through adherence to a locally supported General Plan that <br /> allows for single family homes, clustered around recreational parks. Unless we slow <br /> down this self-serving density growth in Kona, it will be too late to recapture this town. <br /> Let's say "NO MORE" until we do more planning, have more escape routes, more roads, <br /> more infrastructure and a VISION for the future!! <br /> Mahalo for considering my views. I look forward to participating in the planning <br /> and development process of our town and to your support. Please let me know if you <br /> have the time to meet or offer the residents an opportunity to join in on a "town meeting" <br /> <br /> to discuss our long term growth. <br /> S' cerely, <br /> J an Thompson <br /> <br />