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The designated area already supports non-residential development. Under an old special permit, there was a commercial horse stable built on the HSCA property decades ago. The Stable is now rotted and due to be removed. Da Store has been operating within 1000 feet of the area for decades. Keonepoko Elementary School was built at this location, I think, about 20 years ago. The access road, Kahakai Boulevard, is hazardous with a dead man’s curve just before Keonepoko School and another blind curve at the Stables that have invited many fatal accidents thru the years. If the area is developed, it will not only bring more services to the community, it will force improvements to this roadway. Objections raised by the HSCA board do not justify changing the village center designation. Any development will be permitted by the County. The Planning and Public Works Departments will require access along Kahakai be improved for public safety. The HSCA water well and the commercial well serving Hawaiian Beaches are located mauka of the site. They can be protected by requiring appropriate wastewater systems. Under code, an anaerobic septic system is required within 1000 feet of a potable well. These development requirements would actually improve the long-term benefit to the community. The Hawaiian Beaches Village Center concept is based on wide community input. The HSCA Board’s March 2010 amendment was not ratified by the membership which is nearly 1200 members. HSCA is not a lobbying organization by charter. Plus, the subdivision Hawaiian Shores Recreational Estates is only one of the four subdivisions in the area that is often referred to as Hawaiian Beaches. I urge the Commission to listen to the greater community voice that spoke thru the planning process that resulted in the Puna CDP as adopted. We need to listen to the community’s voice on the matter of designating Village Centers. This area is suitable for a Village Center and could provide much needed services to the community. Leaving this designation in the CDP does not negatively impact HSCA and allows for consideration of future options that will be of benefit to the overall community. Thank you for allowing me to testify and I urge the Commission to pass this proposed motion with a negative commendations. Thank you. KERN: Thank you. Any questions? I have a quick question. If you wouldn’t mind telling me the four different associations within that area. O’HARA: There are no other associations -. KERN: It’s broken up into four different subdivisions. O’HARA: It was. It was four different subdivisions originally –Hawaiian Shores, Hawaiian Recreational Estates, Hawaiian Shores Recreational Estates. DE MEY: No, no, no. HARA: Is that right? DE MEY: Hawaiian Beaches and Hawaiian Parks. O’HARA: Hawaiian Parks, Hawaiian Parks, okay. KERN: And HSCA represents just the Hawaiian Shores? O’HARA: Hawaiian Shores Recreational Estates. 5 EXHIBIT B