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

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VITOUSEK: Hello! Hello. MCMICHAEL: Hi, hi. VITOUSEK: Please state your name, and town that you live in, and give us your testimony. MCMICHAEL: Simmy McMichael of Kailua-Kona. I'll speak for the condo, 5-story condo, and-- VITOUSEK: Yep. MCMICHAEL: --alright. Okay so, I was on another project, and this came up and this is the, I'm mainly concerned about the safety of all of us on Alii Drive. It's about the tsunami, and it's not if, it's about when. And this needs to be taken into serious consideration, because our lives are at stake here. So, the Planning Department has received several letter on the project and it's sitting potential traffic impacts that the project may generate. This project is only a quarter mile from the Kahakai Elementary School. That road is, was, roadblocked during the last tsunami evacuation. The top of, the top of Lako and Royal Poinciana, no one could get out. It was at a dead stop. The police could not get moving. They said, "everyone get out of your car and start running." So, in this traffic issue, it's the basis of denying the application for conditions of mitigating traffic problems. If the traffic from a proposed project would be inconsistent with the goals and the policies of Coastal Zone Management Act, for example, if the traffic would hamper the ability to evacuate in a tsunami hazard area, it would interfere with the public's ability to exit. This would be a good ruling to deny the application. And when we had that evacuation that no one could get out of Alii Drive, and also Kam III, because there was an accident at the top, there was a letter by the police saying that no more development should be allowed as far as if you don't have the Alii Highway in place and traffic running, you should not have any more projects on Alii Drive until this happens. So, my strong—is to oppose this 5- story condo. Thank you. VITOUSEK: Thank you. Are there any questions? [None.] Okay, seeing none, moving on to Noriko Morisaki Donna. Okay, I don't see them. Setsuko Morinoue. Okay. S. MORINOUE: Hello? Hello? VITOUSEK: Oh, okay, there you are. Hello. S. MORINOUE: Hi. VITOUSEK: Okay,please, state your name and the town that you live in, and please give us your testimony today. S. MORINOUE: Hi, my name is Setsuko Morinoue, living in H6lualoa over 50 years. I see many changes here and I simply and strongly oppose this number two, Item Number 2. Also, Number 3 and 4 at the same time. And, I really support the open green spaces. And from now on, 6 EXHIBIT B