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HOUSEL: Okay.
<br /> ERROR: However, we are aware that Items 2 and 3 are similar in nature, and coincidentally have
<br /> similar ownership. So in respect to your request to keep this to three minutes, I'm going to say that
<br /> we are concerned about density, minute 1, minute 2 will be about density, and minute 3 will be
<br /> about density. This project at 10,000 square feet, actually when you look at the detail of it, shows
<br /> that 20 percent of the lots are less than that amount, ranging from 7,700 to 9,000 square feet. These
<br /> lots are in contrast to all of the mauka development from this project that range from 1.5 -acre up to
<br /> 3 acres. As we've said in our letter to you, this is inconsistent to have this spot zoning in this area.
<br /> Density No. 2 is that this is really not a 14 -acre project; this is a 60 -acre project. We have four
<br /> parcels that are involved, and they range all in, coincidentally, about 15 acres a piece. Now, maybe
<br /> that's a coincidence, but the fact that they have some common ownership indicates to me that
<br /> maybe they are not a coincidence. We are talking really of having 200 sites in this 60 -acre portion,
<br /> bringing population of 800 to probably 1,000 people, and that is density question No. 2. The third
<br /> point of density is that when the adjacent subdivision, Pualani Estates, was established, we were
<br /> provided with a mauka -makai connector called Puapua'anui Road, which has helped the density of,
<br /> or the congestion of the traffic along Hualalai Road immeasurably. Also, that project provided a
<br /> very nice park for the residents and other amenities that this particular 60 acres fails to address.
<br /> There is another issue here that they make no contribution to infrastructure. Flooding is a serious
<br /> issue there. At times of the year when we have heavy rain in the Holualoa vicinity, we have heavy
<br /> runoff and Hualalai Road has to be closed more than once in the time that we have lived here. So
<br /> these three projects provide no reference to drainage or flood control, to the traffic adding to
<br /> Hualalai Road, and to any recreation. We look to you, Commissioners, for planning, and we look to
<br /> these developers for scheming, and we hope that there will be a difference. Thank you.
<br /> HOUSEL: Thank you. Cindy, I'm sorry, I forgot, are you going to testify for Lauren Burgett?
<br /> COATS: I am, for Lauren Burgett.
<br /> HOUSEL: Okay. Please go ahead.
<br /> COATS: Since Lauren Burgett is not here and cannot be sworn in, her letter that I will submit to
<br /> you all, which I think she has also emailed but we just want to make sure it's on the books, just to
<br /> express her concern as a Kona Orchards homeowner.
<br /> HOUSEL: Would you like to summarize that letter?
<br /> COATS: It's a very short letter, if I can read it.
<br /> HOUSEL: Yeah, please do.
<br /> COATS: Okay. "My name is Lauren Burgett DiRienzo. I am a property owner in the Kona
<br /> Orchards subdivision on Hualalai Road, near the parcel proposed for rezoning and development by
<br /> Hualalai Partners of Kona, LLC. I am writing to voice my concern and my opposition to both the
<br /> rezoning and the proposed development, as described in the letter sent to me by Hualalai Partners of
<br /> Kona, LLC.
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