2010-06-04 T-MALOOF - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

village center concept. And everyone seemed to be in favor of it; and they even gave us additional suggestions of whatÓs needed in the community. So weÓve done our due diligence. WeÓve, you know, researched it highway lot. WeÓve got a 220-foot distance from the highway to the entrance of where people, where the building would be. We left the orchard in place. WeÓve planted additional ornamentals to make the entrance to the subdivision look good. WeÓve determined that the village center is a great concept; and if we can concentrate on some services for people that live in the community there so they donÓt have to go out on the highway to work, or to sell their products if they -. It actually would reduce the traffic leaving the subdivision onto the highway. Now a lot of the people coming into Orchidland Village Center are people that are -. ThereÓs quite a bit of traffic in there every day; and these are people that need things coming home from work, or people not wanting to go to Hilo, or Phoa, or KeaÒau. So this idea of people not having to go on the highway, of people having a place to sell their goodies, their products, was appealing to us; and thatÓs why weÓve requested this permit. And moving in the direction away from agriculture and letting the people that are doing agriculture in the back parts of the subdivision, come down to the front of the subdivision and be able to make a living was foremost in our thoughts on this project. So we dealt with the neighbors quite a bit. No one has really been in opposition. Walter, Walter Nagai who is the neighbor next door, he and I have shared different things. He was a little upset that I didnÓt tell him that we were going to apply for the special use permit. So we discussed what was going on and worked out something that was favorable to him, his privacy, and so on. And he has actually written a letter, which I think Jeff mentioned, that supports the project and wishes us well. The folks that live on the north side that run the full length of the boundary, Didas Udani, I spoke to her last night. I asked her if she was coming to testify, cause sheÓs in favor of the project, she said she was busy today and had to be at work. But theyÓre in favor of the project as well. So we have the two nearest neighbors, theyÓre in favor of the project as long as we cooperate with them and donÓt disturb them; and we donÓt plan to do that. All the other lots in that village section, the church has three lots that have been approved a special permit. TheyÓre right across the street on the corner, and so on. The Orchidland Trade Center was reapproved a year ago which is five times larger than this little project that we have planned. And weÓre hoping that because of the size of the project we will be considered for it, and also the fact that weÓre not a highway, directly on the highway, weÓre a couple hundred feet back. The actual exit from the project is almost 400 feet back up by the Wiki Wiki Store. So our intent is to provide the residents with more options that subdivision, rather than leave the subdivision by way of the K-P Highway to shop or a place to market their goods and services that they manufacture or grow within the subdivision. As far as the traffic is concerned, we acknowledge it. But we feel that weÓll actually not add significantly to it and actually alleviate the people from having to go out that live in the subdivision. So at this point IÓd like to say I hope that -- the neighbors are supportive -- we hope 10 EXHIBIT A