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LAWRENCE R. JOHNSON 72-4085 Alahe'e Place Kailua-Kona, HI 96740-8448 Telephone: 808-325-7088 Facsimile: 808-325-5 877 Cellulaz:808-960-4101 Apri126, 2006 Public Meeting Re: Palamanui Ladies and Gentlemen thank you for holding this public forum and for holding it here in Kona. 4000 cars added to the already crowded Queen K highway. And this is approved by our Planning Director? Why is it that Mr. Yuen has never to our knowledge publicly discussed the traffic impact Palamanui will have on the community? Why is that left up to members of the community? It's his job is it not to keep you and us informed? Our best estimate is 4000 cazs. That is 4000 cars at an average length of 20' per caz in grid lock yields 80,000 feet of bumper to bumper cars! Divide that by 5280 feet in a mile and you come up with 15.15 miles of new traffic each morning and evening! Then throw in another traffic light, 1 mile north of the Airport, our new four lane road will end at the Airport only to be funneled into two lanes, what a mess this will be. Oh, but you say we will have the new 41ane road into Kona. Again do the math and the additional 15.15 miles of bumper to bumper traffic is now only 7.57 miles of two lane bumper to bumper traffic added to the already grid locked traffic that exists today. By the way it is 6.5 miles from the airport road to Palani Road in Kona! The other day I read in West Hawaii Today about a developer that had agreed to build a road zlong with affordable housing at his new sub division. Seems now he wants out of building the road and says if the county requires him to build the road he would no longer be able to build the affordable housing. This tactic is becoming all to prevalent it's called Bate and Switch. In 1994, then planning Director Goldstein wrote, and this is a part of the County records, that Makalei Drive shall be designated as a minor road intended exclusively for access to abutting property and not as the required connector road. She also stated in a memo of Nov. 2 1993 that Makalei Drive was to remain in private ownership. Neither of these rulings or correspondence has ever been challenged or refuted and in my opinion her rulings and the substantiating County records aze the law. So now we have before us Bill 224 requesting rezoning of the area below Makalei Estates and guess what? The requirements for the 80' wide Mauka Makai connector road is omitted. Then to add insult to injury, Mr. Yuen comes along with a "housekeeping" Bill # 225 to clean up ambiguities, which following a maze of legalese, also relieves the developer of any obligation t_ Comm. No. Ref. TorresgtRf~d nc Ref. t)ale~~,S!!J