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<br /> Mary Ann Todd-Waller RE: Resolution 84-OS <br /> <br /> Corrected 6/1/05 Testimony <br /> d. The recommendation of this committee that all 3 connectors be open at the same time was <br /> based solely upon ashow-of- hands vote and direct result of more Coastview and <br /> Wonderview residents being present at the meeting, because some of the residents on that <br /> side of the barricade successfully alerted their neighbors desperately seeking a shorter route <br /> to and from Qucen Kaahumanu of the meeting in a shore. period of time. <br /> e. <br /> While 1 agree, nobody that lives on a connector road wants their road open, there are at least 90 letters and <br /> a petition with 65 signatures from people who do not live on Holu or Keokeo Street in the County <br /> building's basement from 1995 and 1996, who objected to this connector being opened due to safety <br /> concerns and their understanding from public meetings held prior to the Matsumoto Subdivision approval <br /> <br /> that this connector would not be open until amauka-makai connector was open north of Kaiminani Drive. <br /> This mauka-makai connector has yet to be built. <br /> A traffic safety study has never been done by the Kona Traffic Safety Committee on the Kalaoa connector <br /> roads. (Confirmed w/Gimpel 5/28/05.) Their recommendation was based solely on a popularity vote. <br /> The safety committee was against opening only I connector, but Public Works opened it a half hour after <br /> the dedication was approved by the Council on April 20°i, disregarding public safety and the impact it <br /> would have on the residents of Holoholo and Nana Street. The substandard part of the road on Nana <br /> Street was inspected a week after the connector was opened. Shoulder widening needs to be done there, <br /> however it will still be sub-standard road. One would think in the County's best interest, Public Works <br /> could have expeditiously taken care of this before it was open. This move was definitely not looking out <br /> for the County's best interest or keeping the County in good stead and at best a pacifying quick fix. <br /> Congratulations are in order to the designer of the Iliili Kiekie connector for having the foresight of <br /> incorporating traffic calming devices into this connector road. (A complete stop is required in both <br /> directions before reaching Kaiminani or Ahikawa Street, which will also serve as a deterrent to using this <br /> connector.) In light of this, it is imperative traffic calming devices (speed humps) be installed on the I lolu <br /> Keokeo connector before it is open. <br /> Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />