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From: Hugh R. Grossman To: COH Planning Committee MemlDah: 7/281106 Time: 14:52:06 Page i of 3 FAX TO Planning Committee 7/28/2006 County of Hawaii 961-8912 Page 1/3 Reference Bill #305 Communication 4953 Planning Committee Meeting 7/31/2006 FROM Pat Grossman PO Box 704, Hilo, HI 96721 732 and 728 Kalanikoa Street, Hilo, HI 96720 SUBJECT Opposition to Rezoning Request TMK: 2-2-36: 60,102, 103 Dear Planning Committee members, The concerns expressed in a fax sent to the Planning Department on March 19 (p.3), discussed in a call from Norman Higashi on April 11, and shared with members of the Planning Commission members April 30 (p.2), remain the same today. -Approximately 136 individuals will be added to the neighborhood if all 34 units are completed as planned. -The units will be in the middle of the block, not at the end of the street (Lanikaula) where the additional traffic might be better accommodated. -The proposed apartment structures will be bounded by private residences on all sides. -Planning Department staff will not require the developers to put up a six-foot chain link fence around the perimeters to mitigate egress by children and pets. The County recently featured an online article about the merits of mixed use in planning for development in the long term. No one disputes the value of best use practices in developing our land resources. This project as planned, is likely to produce day to day impacts on traffic and quality of life. And, from this perspective, these are not best use results. On Friday, May 5, four out of the five Planning Commission members rejected the re- zoning request. I oppose the request and the project as proposed. Please do not grant the petitioners RS-10 to RM-2.5 rezoning request. Thank you. /s/ Pat Grossman t~,n r c r - rV CID 'L7 Comm. No. 'r:' ro Ref. Toi Ref. Date JUL j ll''~ii