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current driveway as it exists today. ThereÓs the handicap ramp over there. By the way,
<br />the easement on this, some people say 16 feet. The way I measured it, it could be
<br />15 feet, itÓs somewhere in there. I donÓt want to nit-pick on that. So far as we know right
<br />now, the application states they have a 20-foot easement. In my speaking with our Board
<br />and the other concerned parties, Sun Terra, namely, there have been no other easements
<br />granted. So the application as it stands is currently incorrect.
<br />One other thing you might notice here is, this car, we put a compact economy car up here
<br />the other day, and you canÓt fit two of them on the existing driveway, so I know theyÓre
<br />hoping to expand this. But getting garbage trucks, SUVÓs, pickup trucks down this little
<br />area, itÓs a scary situation for me.
<br />Photo No. 2 shows the dead-end view with the Sea Village driveway on the left. And the
<br />driveway for the proposed project starts immediately on the right edge of that hedge
<br />there. This is what they call, I guess, parallel adjacent driveways, has a whole special set
<br />of problems that go with it. You can just imagine you have two people trying to pull out
<br />onto this busy road, this one, and the new driveway is going to the right, the one on the
<br />other driveway is going to the left, theyÓre looking for a spot to get in because cars are
<br />whizzing by both ways, they both pull out the same time, bang, you have an accident.
<br />Again, we have no turn lanes here either. So this is really a bad, itÓs a bad setup, almost
<br />as it is today; and weÓre trying to make it worse, which is what scares me.
<br />Three and four show you the line-of-sight views. No. 3 is for pedestrians and cyclists
<br />coming down the road. Cars will be coming up from behind those
<br />over there on the right, wouldnÓt want my child riding a bike down there. And on going
<br />the other direction, thatÓs the view out the driverÓs side window of what it looks like
<br />when youÓre coming out of the driveway. ItÓs a little scary.
<br />With all that said, I donÓt want to take up too much more of your time; but I did read
<br />through the Hawaii General Plan and was happy to see a section about natural beauty in
<br />there. ItÓs something I took very strongly about. This island is one of the most beautiful
<br />spots in the world; and IÓve traveled around a bit and never seen any place like it. I did
<br />take some photos here. No. 1 is from the shoreline. This is wh
<br />down there look at in the morning, and while doing their fishing they have a beautiful
<br />view of Hualalai. When the sun comes up over it, raise over the top of it, itÓs just
<br />gorgeous. And I noticed in the Plan that there were references to landmarks being
<br />blocked, such as Mauna Kea. So I would assume that Hualalai and Mauna Kea would
<br />both be considered landmarks.
<br />And I also noticed, too, that this is Mr. SotoÓs property and, you know, he has the right to
<br />develop that, and he has the right to build that. And, you know, as a property owner, I
<br />know how that is, and, you know, I totally support his right to do that. But I do think that
<br />we can be a little bit considerate about things; and perhaps we donÓt have to make the
<br />absolute maximum amount of money on a project. I do know that when I first heard of
<br />this project last year, it was a two-story, six-unit building, which I had absolutely no
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