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78-630 Ihilani Pl <br /> Kailua Kona <br /> Hawaii 96740 <br /> <br /> Councilman Pete Hoffman <br /> <br /> Chairman, <br /> Hawaii County council <br /> Re: Bill 55, Draft 2, Kailua Village Business Improvement District No. 1 <br /> Dear Chairman Hoffmann, <br /> I strongly urge you to support the establishment of the Kailua Village <br /> Business Improvement District No. 1. for the future betterment of this <br /> community. <br /> I have been a resident of Kailua Kona for over 20 years and have been concerned at the <br /> ongoing deterioration of the Kailua Village area. I do appreciate that there is a limit to the <br /> level of services that the County can provide under the existing Tax structure and believe that <br /> the Business Improvement District concept does represent a logical and proven approach to <br /> making the necessary improvements that will restore the village to an acceptable and <br /> reasonable condition. <br /> I currently occupy a business office with a window to Sarona Road and use a parking lot with <br /> access from this road. I would stop short of saying that I consider some of the people and <br /> their activities in this (Sarona rd) area a personal risk to me, however many of the activities <br /> are certainly illegal, some of the people are certainly loud, offensive/obscene and threatening, <br /> and the trash they leave in the area is quite unattractive. <br /> I understand that the late night activities are much worse. <br /> We have a tourism driven economy and this is likely to remain so for some time. It would <br /> seem that the activities in and around Sarona Road are mirrored elsewhere in the village and <br /> that this situation is getting worse. It will not be very long before the reputation of Kailua <br /> village will severely detract from appeal to tourists and local people alike and it will be <br /> avoided. In fad I understand that this has already happened. <br /> I believe that the Waikiki and Fort Street Mall models clearly show that the Improvement <br /> district concept does work to reverse this unacceptable trend and can return Kailua Village to <br /> what we would all like to see. <br /> erely <br /> ck Vidgen <br /> ~~°7 <br /> Comm. No. '(r ~ ~ <br /> Ref. To: ~?asetl~/ uytt.. ~ <br /> Ref. Dcte ~R 5 ~r <br /> <br />