2005-06-17 KPC REZ04-033 SMA04-009

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GRAHAM:I have a question primarily to the Planning Director and its directly regarding the SMA but since they are kind of tied together I dont know whether it might be appropriate to ask the question now and since its sort of a global issue as opposed to a small specific issue. GALDONES:Yes sir. GRAHAM:Would that be alright? GALDONES:Now would be the right time to do it. GRAHAM:My concern let me just tell you where Im going with my concern is cumulative impact of all development in this area right down Alii Drive. Primarily the traffic senseandinthetrafficsenseasfarasitaffectsaccesstotheoceanokay?WhenIgoandIxerox from the law library in Hilo a couple of years ago when I joined the Commission the TOPLISS opinion from what I could get from the books. And the TOPLISS Commission sent back to the Planning Commission the particular application at that time and it says Im just going to quote here. On remand the Commission should consider the permit petition and determine whether the traffic generated by a development will or will not have a substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect on the coastal zone. So to me since were in the coastal zone were talking about the impact up and down the access along the coastal zone. Since we dont have a good access right along the shoreline it feels to me that it is pertinent. And where Im really going with that is we did approve another sort of large condominium project large meaning of the scale. Maybe it was Mr. Ghalan Farsa a while back. The cumulative effect if I look at all the vacant land including the vacant land right next to this parcel that is zoned, the cumulative effect if you go ahead and continue to recommend and we continue to approve developments in this zone we will way have superseded what the highway, even with some possible future road mauka - makai goes through we will way have superseded what can be supported by the infrastructure we have here for people going to use the coastal resources. So I guess what Im saying is rather than trying to say the burden is on this applicant but just to say I think the burden is kind of on you to come up with a policy which is, theres so many possible thousands of units that can be built along this area with the existing zoning. They will all need SMA permits and this is the stance I take in regard to what should be done with the SMA permits so that we can assure that the shoreline resources are available and serve their purpose to the population here. And I havent seen anything like that. It seems to me like every application we see is pretty much, if the zoning says its okay were going to go ahead and do it. And whereas the effect may be very incremental like here talking about 18 second wait at the light at Hualalai intersection. Boy you start putting them together its not incremental it just kind of brings the whole system down and so Im just trying to pass the burden to you a little bit like that. You know we gotta stop someplace and look at where its all going. So you know I feel like this is appropriate time for you to try to address where were going with all these SMA permits, which all together it would seem to me they would very strongly violate the purpose of the SMA chapter. EXHIBIT E 15