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3/10/06 Weekly Report: Pro Bono Legal Help Builds Stronger Communities Page 1 of 2 Whittington, Noelani From: Murashige, Laura Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:57 AM To: Whittington, Noelani Cc: Eoff, Karen Subject: FW: HEARING TESTIMONY -----Original Mcssagc----- From: Harry Pritikin [muilloanist@bigislc.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:01 PM To: couuciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us Subject: HEARING TESTIMONY From: Harry Pritikin [mailto:trust@bigisle.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:48 PM To: 'KAPILAGO@co.hawaii.hi.us' Subject: HEARING TESTIMONY Aloha Councilman Pilago, I sold a car this morning and my wife had already made plans with our other car so I am stuck at my office and must miss today's meeting on Palamanui. Should be called Pileo'manure. Charles Schwab is making out like a bandit. His so-called "contribution" of a mauka makai connector only servers to enhance the accessibility of his subdivision. In fact, without it, the subdivision would have no access. So he has to build that road anyway. Therefore it is NOT a contribution. And then the so-called university site. Plans call for the university turning the buildings back over to Schwab when they build the permanent university. So he will end up not having to pay for anything that helps the entire community. I also read today that the State would prefer to put the university closer to town on land that will be donated by someone else. The issue here is roads. My testimony is that all developers must make contributions to the roads. I don't know how to figure how much would be appropriate, but on the mainland I know that many areas charge about $20,000 per development lot and another $20,000 to the person applying for a building permit on the lot in the future. That's a total of $40,000 per lot. On the mainland they use the money for schools, which isn't a bad idea, but I think it should be used for roads. In the case of the Schwab development, he should contribute to the cost of making the highway between the airport and his subdivision into two lanes in each direction. Or it might be better us use the the money to make the highway four lanes from town to the airport. I know this is a state highway, but this is the road his subdivision is going to impact. I also think he should not be allowed to even start clearing the land until the four lane highway is completed out to his subdivision all the way from town. The State Highway Comm. N„o. 7 ~ ~ , f Ref. To: ` ~ 3/22/2006 Rat. Uate ~ 6