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ARE YOU TIRED OF THE TRAFFIC IN KONA? <br />SUPPORT CLIFTO'S REZONING <br />County Council Hearing in Kona <br />September 15, 2004 <br />WE NEED YOUR HELP IN OVERRIDDING THE MAYOR'S VETO <br />This project, which is located three miles south of the airport on Queen Ka'ahumanu <br />Highway, is the single best solution to the traffic issues in West Hawaii. It will divert <br />people/cars from driving into Kailua-Kona to shop for goods & services. For every car <br />that doesn't drive into Kailua, it will be one less car on the road. <br />The Developer has committed to providing up to $750,000 for the Queen Ka'ahumanu <br />Highway plans which may remove up to 2-3 years off the State of Hawaii schedule. After <br />four years in office, Mayor Kim has no commitment whatsoever to even start the <br />Highway Project. This is the `jump start' the State has been waiting for and Governor <br />Lingle has stated that the State of Hawaii is looking forward to working with the <br />Developer on the Highway. <br />We need to provide shopping, goods and services nearer to where people live. In the next <br />five years nearly 4,000 new homes are planned to be built between Waikoloa and Kona. <br />Where will they shop? <br />The cars/people that will use this shopping center are already here and on the road driving <br />into Kona. How can a shopping center create `new' traffic? This shopping center will <br />facilitate and change the traffic flow, not impede it! <br />If you live north of downtown Kailua-Kona, why would you go into Kailua-Kona to shop <br />if you didn't have to?? <br />The Developer has committed twice the required amount of `affordable housing' which <br />will equate to 78 new homes for the community. <br />The Developer has committed to a 300' shoreline easement on his shoreline parcel to <br />insure that the shoreline will never be developed, exploited, shut-off or destroyed. This <br />parcel has nothing to do with the shopping center parcel. <br />This project will set a precedent for ALL new development in West Hawaii. All future <br />projects will be measured by this new standard which will greatly enrich our quality of <br />life. <br />SUPPORTERS TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO <br />