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We note that in recent history, we've already had multiple months of water <br /> supply restrictions. The developer states that as he has pre-paid for 450 <br /> water supply hook-ups, he will build 450 units. With Kona consistently at <br /> some level of Drought, will we further increase the incidence of grass fires <br /> or create the possibility for house fires in this closely spaced "Housing- <br /> Project" as Kona Three LLC has chosen to characterize it? Is a <br /> housing project like this in keeping with the Kona where we choose to <br /> live? Is it really what Kona needs? <br /> Yet, our biggest concern with the creation of this development "Royal <br /> Vistas Housing Project " must be with the inadequate highway <br /> infrastructure. Will the County of Hawaii insist that the developer complete <br /> all his required ingress/egress to Queen K before the construction <br /> machinery tears-up Kekuanaoa Place? Will the County of Hawaii hold a <br /> substantial builder's bond until the project has met the County's <br /> requirements? <br /> Undoubtedly, as the intersection at Lako and Kuakini has already received <br /> poor grades for its lack of capacity, an additional 900 vehicles (x 2 <br /> passages each) through the intersection daily will be frightening. We're <br /> definitely not creating the type of communities envisioned in the KCDP of <br /> 1984 where a community would live, shop, and work all within a walkable <br /> radius. [Miki Letter EXHIBIT J] <br /> A new vision, more in keeping with the desired environment of Kona's <br /> present residents, would keep Kona rural. From my long perspective of <br /> first visiting Kona in 1981 just as Kanaloa was finishing its first buildings, I <br /> long for the close, less-stressed community that existed then. And, while <br /> there is no going back to the days without Queen K, Costco, Lowes, <br /> Walmart, Home Depot, Safeway and other shopping choices, we must <br /> remember and respect the a'ina. I hope we choose to never become Maui <br /> or Oahu, but remain cognizant that the path that welcomes dense <br /> neighborhoods will quickly destroy all of Hawaii's cultural inheritance. <br /> Having been a licensed Real Estate Broker in MA and NH, I understand the <br /> diminishment in property values that the noise, air pollution, population density, <br /> and the awful impact on our Kona Vistas roadways that the construction vehicles <br /> will make upon our road surfaces as well as the huge traffic snags that will <br /> shortly exist down Lako and through the intersection with Kuakina Highwayjust <br /> after Kuakini merges with Queen K. <br /> I feel the Royal Vistas Housing Project's name alone will have a negative impact <br /> on Kona Vistas resale values. As a result, the tax base will be impacted, perhaps <br />