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From: Rebecca Melendez <br />To: LPCtestimorw <br />Subject: KONA THREE LLC (FORMERLY GAMREX, INC.) AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 02 131 (REZ <br />470) KONA THREE LLC <br />Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022 10:57:23 AM <br />Testimony for 12/15/22 KONA THREE LLC (FORMERLY GAMREX, INC.) <br />AMENDMENT TO CHANGE OF ZONE ORDINANCE NO. 02 131 (REZ 470) KONA <br />THREE LLC <br />I am voicing my opinion and the opinion of 241 people who have signed my petition and their <br />comments are copied below. Please go to Petition: https://www.change.org/p/help-locals-be- <br />able-to-buy-affordable-homes <br />I -lave any of you been in the serious traffic the island now has or how about the serious lines in <br />the grocery stores? Do you realize that the island was not built for a high population and that <br />the locals should come first when it comes to new homes? <br />The island only has only 2 lanes going each way around the majority of the island and <br />sometimes cars can not pull over for an ambulance because there is no room to pull over. If <br />you keep allowing more and more homes to be built without putting locals first to apply for <br />those homes at an affordable rate the traffic will become so long and overwhelming for the <br />island that you will not only be completely taking away the Aloha feel that makes Big Island <br />so very special but you will also be putting everyone in danger. <br />Have you thought about tsunami evacuation safety? Did you see how the store's supplies <br />looked after the 2 days of Ironman with over 22,000 extra people on the island? That is a good <br />example of overpopulating the island and the safety of the island's resources to provide for its <br />locals and visitors. <br />Has anyone done any kind of reports on what would be a safe increase in population with <br />regard to the island's infrastructure and resources? You need to consider the fact this is an <br />island, not the mainland and start doing studies for safe population growth or you are putting <br />all our lives at risk of overpopulation of resources and infrastructure. <br />Please go to petition https://www.change.org/p/help-locals-be-able-to-buy-affordable- <br />homes <br />We stand to keep the population on the Big Island in a place where all <br />infrastructure and resources are safe and comfortable for the entire population. <br />Locals should come first before newcomers to help keep the population at a <br />comfortable rate and allow locals to purchase homes and not be outbid by <br />newcomers. <br />There has to be a way to put in a stipulation that developers are allowed to build <br />on the Big Island only if sell a big percentage to locals and not investors or <br />newcomers because locals need homes are being outbid. This is causing the <br />'d at mtg by <br />'d i2 t5 Read <br />1 )PY <br />