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exist. The past tsunami evacuation ended up in a bottleneck situation up the Kam III and Royal
<br /> Poinciana went to a standstill. Adding 336 daily trips to this area will put residents, visitors,
<br /> beach park goers and the Kahakai Elementary School keiki-s, it will put all of their safety in
<br /> danger. Switching it from a one-hour situation for agriculture to 50 urban condos, it's just
<br /> adding too much without the Ali`i Highway in place.
<br /> The Kona Community Development Plan Draft Page 147, Item 593, it would be wonderful to
<br /> add all of Alii Drive to the Wahi Pana "natural resources,preserve their storied past and
<br /> perpetuate agricultural traditions and unique rural [life]style." Also, this project, I feel, is a green
<br /> light for others to change zoning from Urban, I mean, from Agricultural, one house, to Urban,
<br /> 50. Because what, when, what are you going to say to the next person who wants to do a deal
<br /> like this? You can't tell them no, if you told this one yes. Mahalo.
<br /> KUMA: Aloha. My name is Moana Roy Kuma. I come from Honolulu and Kona. First of all, I
<br /> kako`o all of the testimony in previous, I kako`o that; it means concur. I grew up in the area of
<br /> White Sands. My grandmother lived right across the street in a really nice Hawaiian home over
<br /> there. Now, fast-forwarding it, I was a substitute teacher for 15 years here in Kona, a long term,
<br /> and one of my, not grievances, but you know when the surf report would come out in the
<br /> morning, half the students weren't in class that day, more than half the students. So, it's not, I
<br /> really value the testimony of the bottleneck syndrome. That's a big concern.
<br /> Another thing I'm concerned about this morning is when I heard the words, "minimum
<br /> requirements,"were being met. Why minimum? I think our community and our `aina is worth
<br /> more than minimum requirements being fulfilled. That just goes against my nature, minimum
<br /> requirements.
<br /> Last but not least, some of you might remember my celebrated dad, Mauna Roy. You either
<br /> loved him or hated him. I remember one community meeting, he boldly stood up and said,
<br /> "After tsunami, there was a canoe stuck in a tree." That stopped that project, because it set a
<br /> precedent; it happened once, it can happen again. So, kela wale n6 mahalo.
<br /> UNGER: Mahalo.
<br /> RUDOLPH: Aloha. Shannon Rudolph. I live in H61ualoa. Is this on? Yeah? All the same old
<br /> reasons, you know, 15 years ago we were talking about concurrency and it's, it's really past time
<br /> to talk about that again. Alii Drive, you've heard it over and over and over for months, years,
<br /> that there just, the traffic is just too much down there. And it's really time to have concurrency
<br /> and have a moratorium on large projects on Alii Drive; it just cannot handle it. It's always
<br /> jammed. And being in a flood zone is ridiculous. The affordable housing component is pretty
<br /> ridiculous for such a short term and high price. And also, the paid parking, like everyone said,
<br /> where are you going to put all those people, if they go to the beach? Who's going to pay the
<br /> extra lifeguards? It's just a bad idea to put another big project on Alii Drive. It's just a bad idea
<br /> until we figure out what we are going to do with the roads. And there's climate change and
<br /> tsunami. So even if it's only 50, it's still too much; it's more than the road can handle and it's
<br /> more than the community can handle. Thank you.
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