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homes together. These 10 homes have set backs from 50 ft to over 200ft feet away from Tobi Hale, University Palms and Hale Haumanu. The Hilo Buddhist Temple is located behind Tobi Hale and Hale Haumanu so there is a large green belt. Across Uluani Street behind Tobi Hali is a block long apartment building Hilo Hale. Hale Hoaloha on W. Lanikaula and the corner of Uluani Street. There are also some commercial properties in the same area. This is good planning. This is a neighborhood of student housing, apartment buildings and commercial units. There are actual sidewalks on some of the streets in the area. Safe ingress and egress at the buildings. The streets are safer for people walking and riding bikes. Is it good planning to put an apartment building in the middle of a quiet residential neighborhood? Is it good planning to put apartment building that has a dangerous ingress and egress? Is it good planning to put a apartment building on a street with a dangerous street shoulder that creates public safety issues? 4. Noise and Privacy Barriers. A 6 ft solid fence and a full and tall landscape trees and plants. My response. A 6ft solid fence will not reduce noise and the landscape will take at least 10 years to give any privacy if the landscape is not affected by pests, diseases, die back or drought. Noise levels will not be reduced to a great degree even with a mature landscape. At this time our neighborhood is very quiet. The noise level will be high to extreme for the properties located next door to the apartments during the day and in the evenings. Another noise issue to be addressed is the Hawaii County' barking dog ordnance. I have dogs as well as 3 other neighbors located next to the development. Our dogs will bark non stop if the apartments are built. Dogs bark to let us know when people are around our property and are needed in this time of increased home robberies that could include violent home invasions. Will Hawaii County grant us a variance to this law and any future barking dog laws? Will Mr. Winegar or his agents go to court for us and pay any and all fines due to our dogs barking due to his apartments. 5. Traffic: Busy 8 AM and 5 PM. These are mainly work commuters and school staff at a choke point in the city. Housing students in the neighborhood reduces car traffic as they do not need cars. My response. With parking increased to 34 cars traffic will be increased at all hours. The development has the potential to house over 100 people and with guests perhaps 200 people will traffic to and from the development by car, bike or foot. Kino'ole Street from Kawili Street to Puanako Street is very unsafe