2019-04-18 Leeward Exh A (SPP 19-205)

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LINGER: Oh, Patrick Jones. Okay, very good. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: Yes. LINGER: Thank you. Please state your name and area of residence. We could start here. WILLEFORD: This is on Item 1? LINGER: This is Item 1. WILLIFORD: Thank you. My name is Sharon Willeford. I wasn't familiar with this but I am familiar with a lot of the projects going on around Kona, so I like to continue my role as a kia`i, protector, of the area and keep an eye on what's going on. And I have a few thoughts, questions about the project. Number one, the traffic on that road is stopped almost 24/7 these days. And perhaps it was an older permit or whenever they, someone said it's okay, we're, you're not going to be a problem for us, but we need to look at that date and see when someone made that decision and have someone do a traffic study because it is stopped most of the time when I go in and out of the—you all know how the traffic is right now. I was wondering what products are going to be used, and has this been studied? Have you guys looked at what it is? He mentioned casually, well, it might be sugar cane, it might be . I'm not sure what, I didn't hear anything really else mentioned. We want to be sure we're not putting in GMO products that are going to pollute the area. We want to know if the growing procedures if they're using pesticides and things like that because we must be very aware now. We're poisoning our children, we're poisoning our land. We need to wake up and take command of everything. So I just want us to really take a look at what they're proposing and have the no . There's a lot of neighbors; I wondered if they've been given a chance to be informed of what's going to happen. Thank you. JONES: Aloha, my name is Patrick Jones. I'm a resident and a board member at Kona Sea Villas, the property on the opposite side of Kuakini Highway. My main concern were the speed on Kuakini Highway. Right now, it's 45 miles an hour and changes to 35 miles an hour right at our gate, which is directly, oh, north of the subject property on the opposite side of the street. Traffic is pretty fast there and coming around the turn it presents some blind spots. There's also an issue on a floodplain and a rock wall that's deteriorating that consistently sends water down on our property, and Joe, I believe, can elaborate a little bit more on that. NIEMER: Yeah, my name is Joe Niemer. I also am a 15-year resident of Kona Sea Villas, and as —I'm also on the board of directors of the homeowners' association, so we do represent the 72 homeowners of Kona Sea Villas —and as Patrick said, we have two issues. They're both safety issues. They do not result, or have nothing to do with the use of the property, but they're safety issues. The traffic issue is, is actually quite significant. I mean the traffic going northbound on Kuakini changes from 45 to 35 directly in front of Kona Sea Villa entrance, and also the entrance egress to this property would appear to be very close to a blind curve and, unfortunately, drivers in our community to see the 45 speed limit have a tendency to go 50, 55, and faster. They do not slow down to 35 until they get closer to Pottery Terrace and Jackie Rey's. Conversely, heading southbound on Kuakini, they see the 35 speed limit changed to 45 in front of Kona Sea Villas and the speed limit, and they see it, you know, a few hundred yards 8 EXHIBIT A