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acre lots being 170 feet in minimum width, you can see it would be hard. And they want to
<br /> put two of those lots side by side, three-acre lots side by side. That wouldn't meet even the
<br /> County's minimum Subdivision Codes. And that's not even taking into account setbacks, you
<br /> know, from the roads, from the road that they intend to put in.
<br /> Also, entrance to the subdivision, there's very poor line of sight; and it would require the
<br /> excavation of the subject property, as well as getting easements, and excavation of the northern
<br /> property hillside. These hillsides aze 30-40 feet tall, and it's going around a corner in
<br /> Mamalahoa Highway, and there's poor vision on each side. Even the Police Depaztment cites
<br /> that this is a concern due to the flow and the speed of the highway. The traffic studying that
<br /> was done is unrealistic; and even the police study of Lune 13, 1996, states vast discrepancies
<br /> and recommends an independent traffic study be done.
<br /> The water to the property, there's no adequate pressure for fire or an ag enterprise of any sort.
<br /> Also, I believe, to rezone, you cannot get a variance; there's, County water is not available.
<br /> There is water available at the bottom of the highway, but you're dealing in a 1,700 to 2,400-
<br /> foot elevation, and there is no volume or pressure. You know, the volume and pressure
<br /> source has not been addressed as per the, also, Fire Depaztment and Water, and Department of
<br /> Water reports. Also, to do, to get water to a property of that nazrowness, that length, and that
<br /> altitude, you would have to put duplex booster stations in, you would have to put water tanks
<br /> in at least 100 feet higher than the highest part of the project to get the minimum 40 pounds of
<br /> water pressure to the project; and this would probably further require getting easements from
<br /> east property owners to do this.
<br /> The rainfall in the area for an Ag enterprise, what they deem the property is going to be used
<br /> for, is 20 inches-plus in a good year, and that's from the Soil Conservation Service, not the 60
<br /> inches that they purport in their reports there. And this can also be verified by the surrounding
<br /> owners. And this is not good for producing the great variety of commodities as Mr. Kashiwa
<br /> or the project planners expouses to and, certainly, without, not without irrigation.
<br /> The description of the property and the surrounding neighborhood, the report states no historic
<br /> or archaeological features were observed. Well, there happens to be a family cemetery on
<br /> site, and the property has been occupied since the early 1800s or maybe even earlier. The
<br /> property was supposedly walked by Gregg Kashiwa, Project Planners, Hawaii, who is also a
<br /> part owner of this project. And I was wondering what the qualifications of archaeology,
<br /> ornithology, biology and so forth that he had to do this, you know. The walk took four hours,
<br /> and it's kind of hard to walk through that, through the jungle that's there. And, besides, on
<br /> his report, you know, they had no notice, there was no notice of certain trees, and these
<br /> certain trees happen to be the biggest, most abundant trees on the property, the ohia, the
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<br /> silver oak, mango. So I'm wondering, if he couldn't notice these big trees, how did they
<br /> notice all the smaller things? There's also no notice of feral pigs, and on any day, you can
<br /> find 20-30 feral pigs in the azea.
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