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S,~'NT VIA FAX 808961-8912 fir„ 1 ~ i(~i 1 r7 ~ ; <br /> GWEN 1i11BAN <br /> 76-6182 ALn DRIVE <br /> ?<AILUA-KONA, HI 96740 <br /> 308-329-1912 <br /> 14 APRIL2005 <br /> SUBJECT: PUAA/SUFFOLK DEVELOPMENT <br /> 1 live at the 2-1/2 mile marker on Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona. The idea of a <br /> neighborhood shopping center sounds good but it won't work as intended. <br /> An example of that is the grocery store and restaurant that was located in the <br /> fines. They were not viable and they went out of business. The residents <br /> preferred shopping at the larger facility of Kona Coast Shopping Center. <br /> ~'he proposed 250 Low-income rental units would have two or more persons <br /> in each unit going to work and coming home daily. Furthermore, driving to <br /> the supermarket and other errands to obtain goods and services not available <br /> in the proposed shopping center would create more traffic. In addirion, to <br /> the 500 cars a day going and coming, we can anticipate that some of these <br /> tenants would have children that needed to be driven to school Worse yet, <br /> teenagers would be driving their own cars and adding to the impact on both <br /> Queen I<aahumanu and Kuakini highway. On top of all that, the people in <br /> the surrounding areas who would want to come to the proposed shopping <br /> center and its employees would Further negatively affect the traffic. In total, <br /> the result would be dreadful given the highway's current overuse. <br /> THE NECESSITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IS A SERIOUS <br /> MATTER. HOWEVER. TRYING TO PROV[DE FOR THAT WHEN OUR <br /> ROAD SYSTEM IS ALREADY A DISASTER; 1S FOOLISH AND WOULD <br /> MAKE A BAD SITUATION EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. <br /> This committee must consider the negative impact of hundreds and hundreds <br /> of cars slowing the flow of traffic on Queen K. The fast order of business is <br /> to get the Department of Transportation to understand that years of <br /> negligence have severely impacted this highway. And then, of course, they <br /> must fix it. This committee could be instrumental in achieving that goal. <br /> I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THESE PROJECTS UNTIL THE <br /> STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE ADEQUATE <br /> HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. Comm. No.,_,~ <br /> MAHALO, Ref. To: <br /> pi ~ Qf~f„~ Ref. Date ~PR~9(NI~ <br /> <br /> Ie ?"1d ~O~'~'' ~ d "~NI~71ItiH0 ~3tlHdV21 L960-bEE-808 LB ~Ed 900E/SZ/Z0 <br /> <br />