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comparable or better than many public roads on the island.Ñ Wel
<br />talking of the PEAR, the Puna Community Access Road. And the Hawaiian Acres
<br />portion which is now, this is the big change since the permit was granted. The biggest
<br />change I see is that this PEAR road has gone in. And so now Hawaiian Acres is an
<br />access to the development, in fact. They claim itÓs not a legal access but, in fact, it is an
<br />access. And this statement is not true as far as the Ainaloa, I
<br />Acres portion of that roadway. There are no shoulders whatsoever and the lanes are only
<br />8 feet wide.
<br />And the community association in Hawaiian Acres and a lot of the residents feel that itÓs
<br />not really a safe road. Still, although we thank the County very much for their
<br />improvements in this, it has made it much, much better than it used to be, but I think it
<br />needs to, I think weÓd like to see it, weÓd like to see it as a 20-foot pavement width and 4-
<br />foot grassed shoulders before a commercial development is using that road. ItÓs going to
<br />bring a substantial lot more traffic, we feel, through the subdivision.
<br />And then on the permit, letÓs see, Condition 5, yeah, Condition 5 states in part, ÐThe
<br />Applicant shall provide all off-site roadway improvements as may be required by and
<br />meeting with the approval of the Department of Public Works.Ñ I think this perhaps
<br />pertains to what I just said here.
<br />And No. 6, the developers are asking, or saying, well, the Keaau-Pahoa Road has already
<br />been channelized now by the State so they wonÓt need to do that. And, well, another
<br />concern I have is on the PEAR, the County connecting lot has become a dumping place
<br />for a lot of, people dump cars there, rubbish or whatnot because itÓs a secluded area and
<br />they can get away with it, essentially. And Ainaloa, Hawaiian Acres, you know, both
<br />communities donÓt like this situation of the dumping, and the golf course isnÓt going to
<br />like it either.
<br />One solution that I have for that partial solution is in lieu of the channelization, IÓd like to
<br />see a park developed there so that thereÓs community activity happening there; and I
<br />donÓt know just what this park would consist of. I mean, IÓve thought of a pavilion, and
<br />basketball court, and a fenced keiki play area. But, anyway, all thatÓs open to discussion.
<br />But if a County park could be situated there, thereÓd be community activity and thereÓd
<br />be some regular maintenance; and this might take care of that trash dumping problem.
<br />One other little thing here, I think itÓs pretty manini but on Condition No. 12, when part
<br />of it states further, well, and itÓs stating ÐFurther, top soil material hauling traffic shall be
<br />restricted to the calculated non-peak hours;Ñ and I would ask that the word ÐdaylightÑ be
<br />inserted in there. ItÓs just kind of a no-brainer but Ðnon-peak daylight hours.Ñ You
<br />know, we donÓt want them hauling all night.
<br />FUJIKAWA:Mr. Fulks, can you focus on why you want standing on this?
<br />FULKS:Pardon?
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