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i WEDNESaJ4Y, UST 25 , 20ti4 ~ WEST WAWAII TObAY EDI'TpRIAL ~eaitt~il-iaabeeri: _ cbmpontiNedrby decades of ~ _ _ ~ ~ gt~vwth and f9ilare of the state,, eonmy and developers..- ~T~~ w impro'ce infrastructure - at the expense of . riesiden~ts' duality of life: Rim has heard the chorus of concerns regardizrg inadequate mods from Vest Hawaii residents-and ~ based his veto upon his pposition that CliRo's should not lie approved until state tughway improvements fronting the project area south of the Natural ~:nergy ~ Laboratory of Hawaii are complete. Kim said Clifto's project assumes that phase two of ayor H Rim has taken the right action ~ ~'~Y widening will occur before substantial to his of the CliRo'.s Kona Coast buildout of the project. ` reaoni . Yit`est Hawari years ago could no `We must make sure that this amd future longer rd to compromise its already development that will increase traffic are tixrred so that overburdened infr cruse: Yet it did, until we have non-residential occupancy is tied to the widening of arrived at today's tenable situation of gridlock that Qneen Raahumanu Higl#`way; Kim said. has taken, a great II on the quality of life of those who The state DepatRmen of TYansportation said Queen live in West Ha br must commute through it- Raahutn,4nu Highway'was at maximum capacity in We can no for make that bad situation worse. X98• Kim has demons d his veracity and taken action ' 8ixtr suggested ~ScnEnding rezoning Bill i7a with a to back up his earl er rhetoric provision in respect to the ailowablencn-residential mod, trees, (thRt,) no.>Sw7ding permit shall be issued until the Kim recently sal his adzpinistration had adopted a con'struction.~aontcact for the plisse two widenng of policy of eoncutrm cy, anon-binding (in the legal $ueen Ka~umanu Highway has been let." sense) approaleh ' development that disallows growth ~ ;This, finally, is'sound planning, in areas vhRhtSUt equate infrastructure or unless U'nforfunately, the County Council, which suffers a infrastivc°ture is ' roved'eoncurrentwlth the majoa~ty of East Hawaii-oeeighted iuexnbers; cannot developmentto re infrastrucnure adequacy. crotuprehend our ire. Governmenthas failed to respond The County ell in the 199os coulii not pass to what can otrIy be coiled as ire crisis in legislation that d have adopted cxincttrrency as 'Vest llawaii. So2Gie council membersr includ:'rg law, jet as it has been unable to pass laws to stipulate 'Waimea dotit?ciltinaxa Leningrad `$larivnoff; have impact fees.. as placed upon developers have already stated their intent to overtide,the veto. been incoa8'istent d poorly defined, the burden on ~'e su@'er now because developers and government infra.+ltiictureh~s creased steadily -without relief. have neglected ihevr responsibIIrty to the community to The county has ntinued this practice despite its wmsure mfrastntcture is unproved. and. our; quality of awareness of an. life is mot compromised. infrastructure deft 't itt West i~ 'nVe have endured decades of unfi~IfiIIed promises to Hawaii going b to tlse. tw}n'ove'rbads and to;~spond to existing with mid-lgaos when t •Mmyor C,~wernanent has miser of Better and sound planning. Dante Carpetater with {~~l to Tesponcl to Kim has ta3ten rhetoxic axrtl tranafoitned it into Gov John Waihee ii his §ound planning. department heads to outline ~'~'t taxi o~Y be The County Council,, if it has any true compassion fc a what then vas ~ ~]ed an tlie''problem it has fostered.oveir the past decades, will back off from its efforts to override the veto: ~ etnrer d , ~.4f sn., ~fr8structlu'e The ccimmunity~s overall quality of life ~ no ]tinge hun. ~ A~<~i dollars. ~ ~ . be sacrificed under the ktufe ofpoor pIannitig pxactiG ~e. i5s-the aiter~f individual prrr&t,