2021-05-20 Leeward Exh B (Public Testimony re SMA 21-078)

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SMITH: I do. VITOUSEK: Okay, I'm assuming the same goes for everybody. Thank you. Okay, Mr. Smith, please state your name and the town that you live in. SMITH: My name is George Smith. I live in Kailua-Kona on Alii Drive. 75-6150 Alii Drive. VITOUSEK: Okay,please proceed. SMITH: Okay, I've, I've been an off-and-on resident of Kailua-Kona since 1977, and I've watched a lot of changes occur along Alii Drive over the years. And, I'm adamant that this particular project is not suitable for this location. The applicant has stated that they, in their petition that it will not cause any visual impact. This is an aerial photograph, I don't know if you can see it well enough, of the property, and our property with the brown roof, the old Ala Kala Condominiums, and as you can see, that pink block represents more or less the size of the building that's going to be constructed there. And the west wall of that building will be 40 feet from our building. And the impact visually, and traffic, and loss of parking spaces along the street that everybody uses to access the Ala Kala Beach access, I think is, is inordinately disruptive to the neighborhood. We're, we're looking at losing parking that's limited already on Alii Drive, and then there'll be increased vehicle parking on the street from overflow from the proposed project as it was originally submitted. I'm not going to get into a whole lot of details about the building because we don't know what's coming up now. I appreciate you guys postponing this and giving us a chance to, to dig into it and find out how, how we'll, how we need to react to when we finally know exactly what the applicant is proposing. But as the most, as the closest piece of property, in fact we have a contiguous property line, I am requesting that I be granted standing for when this becomes up for action. That's all I have to say. Thank you. VITOUSEK: Thank you, Mr. Smith. Are there any questions of Mr. Smith by Commissioners? Commissioner Van Pernis? VAN PERNIS: [Silence] JACKSON: Hold on just a moment, Mr. Van Pernis. Let me unmute you. Commissioner Van Pernis, are you able to hit the unmute button? I'm not able to unmute you from here. There you go. VAN PERNIS: Can I be heard now? VITOUSEK: Yes. VAN PERNIS: I have some questions that Noriko submitted. I believe you have them, Mr. Chair. I believe Mr. Smith is the person to answer those questions. 2 EXHIBIT B