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Petition to the Chair and Members of the County Council for relocation of the Malulani Gardens Access Road Aloha We, the homeowner's of Malulani Gardens, who are adjacent to the proposed mid-level roadway, (known as road H between Phases 2 and 3), respectfully wish to express our concerns regarding the development of this proposed roadway. We request that you do not allow a road to open as it will decrease our personal safety and devalue our homes. We ask that the County Council consider relocating the Malulani Gardens access to a more suitable area mauka of and adjacent to the community. We feel that the rough roadway, as it now exists, would create an extreme safety hazard because of its above grade elevation in relation to the homes on the North side of the proposed roadway (see photos 1-0). On the mauka side of that area is a 30-40' rock retaining wall. This wall is already showing signs of water escaping in between rocks during heavy rains as well as in the drainage pipes (photos 5-6). We believe that excessive vibration could result in the failure of this retaining wall, and lead to loss of the homes along the top. The south side of the proposed roadway would be in violation of (HCC sec.25-5-7 )which refers to a minimum setback from a house of 15 feet for any side of the house that faces a street. Presently, there is only 9 feet of setback on lots 76 and lot 77. (see Photos 7-8 & layout) (HCC section 23-41) requires a minimum right-of-way of 60 feet for the smallest road. Road H, the roadway lot, is only 50 feet wide if you add the inclusion of the required setbacks (Photos 7-8) Malulani Gardens is designated as gated communities with private roads that do not meet county standards, the inclusion of TWO gates, would divide Phase 2 from Phase 3 and destroy the community cohesiveness that now exist. The increased noise and air pollution from new traffic that would be accessing KCE we feel could be significant health hazard. Also, the new roadway would offer increased opportunity for trespassers to gain access to homes in the development. We also object to this area being used as an access road because of the possible property deprecation of the home values and the existing site lacks of opportunity to mitigate the above described problem safety and noise. There is a superior, painless alternative, by relocating the roadway just mauka of MG where there is there is a larger right of way, that can accommodate any future increase in the roadway size as well as a adding a sound barrier to protect the existing community this request would be a win-w' atio4fol ;pc;,,:.,,Isee ~al potos) Name Date !D -;Ze 64 rnet~ Address __Z 5 ` /-I4 c ",9 - /gin/ /J 75"6 l'Zol- Sf' )