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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> BILL 251 <br /> <br /> County Council Members <br /> <br /> <br /> Adele DeCuyper, <br /> 75-272 Malulani Drive, <br /> Kailua Kona, <br /> Hi. 96740 <br /> <br /> Chairperson Higa and County Council Members, <br /> Re: Bill 251 Rezoning SCD 108 Kona Coffee Estates <br /> <br /> <br /> Dear Chairperson Higa, <br /> <br /> I am absolutely bewildered that the Salvation Army five-acre parcel would be the <br /> deciding factor for rezoning SCD 108 Kona Coffee Estates. Now that the Salvation <br /> Army has rescinded their commitment I suspect we will be back to the 60 affordable <br /> housing units. <br /> The Kona Coffee Estates will open the raceway between Henry Street and Malulani <br /> Drive to Queen Kaahumanu Highway is serious enough without even considering the <br /> traffic from future development. <br /> There has been a lot of testimony regarding water, safety, traffic, mauka access including <br /> other properties to be developed in the future to all come through Malulani Drive that is a <br /> forty six foot wide road that cannot accommodate four lanes of traffic and is not up to <br /> dedicable standards. The only access to the property is across the Kanuha property that <br /> they will allow hoping to get some benefits (that have been promised to them in the past <br /> and never materialized) <br /> <br /> I would like to address a memorandum from the Department of Public Works dated <br /> December 30 2005 to Christopher J. Yuen, Planning director from Galen M Kube, <br /> Division Chief, Engineering Division, regarding the change of zone application (REZ 05- <br /> 000026) Applicant: SCD Kona 108, LLC. I understand that this memorandum has not <br /> been responded to. <br /> There are many issues addressed in this document but I would like to bring to your <br /> attention page 2 paragraphs 3 that states "Vehicular security gates shall not be located <br /> within 60 feet of any existing or future public right-of-way. A turn-around shall be <br /> provided on the public road side of any such gate" The gate to the curb of Malulani Drive <br /> is 26 feet. Malulani Drive cannot comply with that rule due to lack of space. <br /> <br /> Moving down to the paragraph under "Traffic" that discusses the TIAR dated October 22, <br /> 2004, as supplemented July 22, 2005, quote from this report "The TIAR does not address <br /> the operation of the intersection of Hale Kapili Street and Malulani Drive or the existing <br /> Malulani Gardens Subdivision private road. The report should also verify adequacy of the <br />