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Date: October 15, 1997 To: Hawaii Count Council RECEIVED Tlme-------------...-. By..--- Re: Bill 129 -Proposed Agricultural Project District Dote-•------- ~'-7 County Council Thank you for allowing me to speak today regarding the Agricultural Project District Application (APD) submitted by Christopher Norrie via Seamount Enterprises. In the last week, the neighbors of Ka'awaloa Orchards ("neighbors") representing the upper four lots (46, 56, 6B, & 7B) have been made aware of the Kealakekua State Park Conceptual Plan dated August 1997. This plan identifies a Visitors' Center at the top of the pali as the optimum location for an Interpretive Center for the State Park. That same plan includes four options for accessing the Visitors' Center and our private road through Ka'awaloa Orchards subdivision is one potential access route. As the continuing research of the neighbors has provided information that Christopher Norrie fully intends to extend our 16 foot wide private road to the pali acreage and lots makai of the proposed APD (Bill 129), there is a high probability that our private road could be used for access to the Visitors' Center. The rural nature of the Ka'awaloa Orchards subdivision as well as the safety of the neighbors and their children would be severely impaired by the tour buses, rental cars, and vehicles of county residents trying to reach the Visitors' Center over a narrow country road. The noise of the compression brakes and compressed air brakes on buses or trucks in and of itself would certainly destroy the neighborhood. The neighbors and the County Council need to fully consider the potential long-term and deleterious effects of decisions regarding our private road. Allowing our private road to be extended beyond the seven lots outlined in the proposed APD would expose the neighbors to extreme jeopardy and destroy the community each family has so carefully worked to maintain. Christopher Norrie has previously had a restructuring of acreage makai of the Ka'awaloa Orchards subdivision ("pali acreage"). That approved restructuring submitted by Mr. Norrie clearly indicates that the pali acreage would use Ka'awaloa Road as their access method to Napo'opo'o Road. There can be no justification for Mr. Norrie stating to the Hawaii County Planning Department in his drawings and application to restructure the pall acreage that the access method would be Ka'awaloa Road and rather than use Ka'awaloa Road as the access method instead use an extension of our private road. Being a traditional person, I believe when one gives their word that it should be their bond. Mr. Norrie gave his word when he filed with Hawaii County in both the restructuring of the pali acreage and his proposed APD application for Ka'awaloa Orchards. He has stated through his attorney, Ms. Shutte, that "the roadway [our private road] is also proposed to end in a cul-de- sac, in lieu of a stub-out, since there will not be anv future roadway to connect to this private road." (Letter to Department of Public Works dated May 29, 1997) Any roadway. Any prudent person would understand that means no roadway of any type, no private roads, no public roads, no paved roads, no unpaved roads, not even heliport access to the roadway. Additionally, I believe that every right requires a responsibility and every responsibility ensures a right. Mr. Norrie has asked the neighbors not to object to his proposed APD but he c~aan. w? 4 $ 2 . / 9 1fr j~ ZN G KvJ r@s~9TCe ~uL )fee. !bt 1'~e OCT 15 f.4vf