2008-06-20 TKONAHEIGHTS - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

behalf of my employer back in April. Since then I’ve done a little more research, involved in it, and I think it’s the way that we have to go in looking at developments that come on to the island. Thank you. RHO: Thank you. Questions for the testifier? Ms. Dulaney, I have one. The development is going to be a LEED development, and then you are happy with that. And since you live in the neighborhood, can you talk about any concerns you have about traffic? DULANEY: I think that there are concerns about construction traffic, and I think that from my understanding I believe that part of that is addressed at least for the construction phase of it. I know that the entrance onto Alii Drive from Queen Kalama is steep and it’s a sharp corner to try to get out on. Most of the traffic that I see coming in and out of both the lower portion and the higher portion of that road comes in on Laaloa, which is a much wider, broader version. RHO: And that’s the street at the very top of that diagram. DULANEY: Yes, yes. There is going to be increased traffic. It’s my experience working from my home and traveling up and down Alii Drive that the majority of the traffic that I experience is from the main village part of Kailua around the bay and the King Kam, this area, versus that section of Laaloa, unless the surf is up and people are at White Sands and Kahaluu, then the traffic slows down to a crawl because everybody is along that road. RHO: Okay. So we can proceed to the next testifier. QUINTO: Good afternoon, my name is Gladys Quinto. And I am reading testimony on behalf of Dr. Theodore Leaf and his wife Diane Stone. And their mailing address is P.O. Box 45 Kailua-Kona, 96745. This is written testimony in support of the La‘ipala Makai project proposed to be developed in Kailua-Kona. While 65 single family homes will increase the traffic somewhat, it should be insignificant and the design of La‘ipala Makai will benefit our community. Furthermore, the owners are working on securing a second access point to the project, which will help ease the traffic situation in the area. La‘ipala Makai is the first LEED registered private residential project in Hawaii County. The LEED design of this project will, for one, reduce overall water consumption by approximately 30 percent per unit. Our community will certainly benefit and we should encourage more projects that follow this prototype. La‘ipala Makai is also an infill project that is designed to connect with other communities resulting in alternatives in traffic flow. The County has already planned for this connectivity as there are existing road stubouts at Naniloa Street into the project. Without this project roads will end or remain in cul-de-sacs forcing cars onto existing main arterials such as Alii Drive in order to get from one neighborhood to another. The people proposing La‘ipala Makai have taken great care to help preserve the culture of the area where retaining EXHIBIT A 14