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<br /> 0411 9/ 2006 09:: 2 3265697 10: F '13E 01
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<br /> TEST"VIONY OF JOi N 11AR1 "h°'°`"
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<br /> RESOLUTION 311 06 ' 121-- a'cZr
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<br /> C. My narty, is John Harris. f4 y, ai'fe and I a rr. Hawaii Ccunv resident:, and o.a'
<br /> address is 78-5920 AM Drivc, #33 . i am the chair c,f the Trt:fie 'iubaormjrnAtee, of the
<br /> Keauhou Outreach Group. My iesiin:ony this momir:4, is in Sapp, rt o ti°-e idoption ,:d'
<br /> Resolution 311 06 by the Hawaii C aunty Council.
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<br /> Resolv..tL)a 311 )6. i1 adeptiA directs the 17t ta:-rriei r tf I niWic Worker :o
<br /> expedite the planning and design :)f necessary vehkular and pcdc~ Lriwi sift ly
<br /> improvements on the portion of Ahi Drive from one bock n atth f its iwer;ection with
<br /> the Kamchameba III Road extend'ir g soufi for aboul erne mi'.c ter; t to irte Section of Alii
<br /> Drive with phase 1 of the Hokul irr Bypass road.
<br /> The sesr.tent of A1ii Drive t w is t`re sub,ect ifRoso lution . i 1 01- h.-;s been 'n
<br /> place for rnkny • cars and war, orlEgiis iy dasitgred 'o serve the Koi a County Club, Iotels,
<br /> other businesses and residences a^ Eei°abcu Bay and three cordon,initan prnjecis with
<br /> entrances on Alii Drive, all ofwh c1, vere constructed hefor; OP . inn; tte rcciml tirne:,,
<br /> an intersectior of Alii Driver with K Ml iia :3treel was a nstru,:b d t, pre vide vn Ali:i Drive
<br /> access for residences mauka of l,i ii Give The Ke.nuhou Be:i ar:: , m( bu,fir -the hotel
<br /> ?h:crc, is scre"d Driv: via is it er;-xetion ~i!ti Val:yio: =Jii; tt:n - Ch entire area
<br /> involved herd i;: within Kcauhon
<br /> Thsou;jioui its history. A' i D'rivc in Kcaahou leas se-t ed p+isn;,ril y r in loet I
<br /> rand, butch c rir;-nmstance.urill cf,n. I re drimati:allu vi-hem tl fira Aver of'th,> NnLnlia
<br /> Bypass road is opened to the putd e. I will change eve t rant:, wh: a the first phase of the
<br /> Alii ParkweN In-vecn K_csuhou iric I c-ko Street ie Coriplel:e:i Ir t x- Jive of 30 year i that
<br /> the Kcauhou community has been s'u i', in,4 traffic is;u-s nca .x.nirt q to Alai V,rivr,, we
<br /> have seen estimates that half or ca >rc lCtlic vehicles now usi og M ana.ahoa Highway
<br /> through Kainaliu and Honalo will a,o;® on to Alit Owe in P.Pauh to v,a he bypass road.
<br /> Even now, the traffic volumes on Alii Drive have inert as?d ; u lice tb'y w4h chc
<br /> successful epeni,ig of the Shcratoi. cuhou Ba; Rc:A,d and Spx t ad t is cxpan:ion of
<br /> business and recreational activity n the Keauhotw 13a;t area.
<br /> But the upshot of all ofthin s hat what ha;, it pririariiy a lo:a' street is a?oul
<br /> to become an essential part of a raaj:u arterial ro idw:ry in W at H: wwr . vnd at no ti me
<br /> has this scgmcat of Alii Drive been includ,!~d in any iinpac:t s idies prepared ;n cor zection
<br /> with the B,I ess Road or the Alii PKirl:v 's.y.
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<br /> This situation presents s(-,irts I ehirular:7od lie estri m st+f 'I" i sires riot ord,, I.-or
<br /> those of us wh) ive in Keaubou. ',i i ±or o'. tr rtiar,y viai:ors a ul tlr> c embzrs of the
<br /> Hawaii Counti- community as a wit . And that is aanc f rese k tint 311 06 is design.-!d ter
<br /> address.
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<br /> Comm No. 0(al
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