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031,'18.98 TIED 10:59 FAT 808 524 8203 McCORRISTOS et.all 2003 Honorable Council Members March 18, 1998 Page 2 Oceanside 1250, and then only after having made a request therefor from Oceanside 1250. Kona Trust has only been able to cursorily review the proposal, but on the basis of that review has identified several issues which are of concern to Kona Trust. Also, by happenstance, just at the end of last week Kona Trust learned that a Public Hearing on the proposed Development Agreement is scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, March 18, 1998. Kona trust would liked to have testified at that Public Hearing, but because of the late delivery of the proposed Development Agreement and conflicting scheduling demands on its representatives, will not have sufficient time to prepare for or attend the Public Hearing. Please note that Kona trust has never received any written notice from the County Council Planning Department or any other agency of the Hawaii County Government regarding this extremely crucial issue which directly impacts Kona Trust's land. Perhaps more importantly, before learning of the Public Hearing, Kona Trust and other landowners to the north of Oceanside 1250's land (including land owned by the Pans, Wall and the Smith families) had arranged a meeting with Oceanside 1250 and Kamehameha Investment to discuss the proposed bypass road issues of concern to them. This meeting is scheduled to take place tomorrow, the day after the Public Hearing, at 1:30 p.m. It must be emphasized that this is the very first meeting at which all these landowners and Oceanside 1250 will get together to attempt to resolve all outstanding issues, and that it was Oceanside 1250's neighboring landowners, not Oceanside 1250, that took the initiative to organize the meeting. If at their scheduled meeting Kona Trust and the other landowners can resolve their issues with Oceanside 1250, Kona Trust's concems about the proposed Development Agreement will be mooted; if that proves not to be the case, Kona Trust will need to present those concems at a Public Hearing, which Kona Trust believes should be held in the Kona area. near the proposed site of the bypass road. In view of the above, and in the interest of allowing a reasonable period of time for Kona Trust, the other landowners, and Oceanside 1250 to work out an agreement among themselves, Kona Trust hereby respectfully requests a two-week postponement or continuance of the Public Hearing in Kona. again at a. place near the site of the proposed bypass road. This postponement should give Kona Trust and the other landowners sufficient time to negotiate and resolve their concerns with Oceanside 1250, and if they fail to do so, to prepare for the Public Hearing and present testimony for consideration by the County Council and the community at large.