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INABA, J.:Yeah. SPRINGER:Do you have any comments to makeat this time? INABA, J.:No. SPRINGER:Thank you Commissioners do you have any questions of the applicant and his representative? Seeing none, we have 3 chairs at the front of the room, at the table. Id like to invite the 3 members of the public who desire to testify to please forward. Beginning with Ms. Frias, if you could please give us your name and address and then proceed with your testimony. FRIAS:My name is Linda Kuualoha Frias. I live at 64-520 Uhiwai Street, Kamuela. Concerns regarding change of zone application TMK 6-4-17:40, Yoshio Inaba. Presentlythereisatremendousamountofwaterrunofffromthispropertytowardsmy property and the Hoonani Subdivision. There is no infrastructure to accommodate streams of water presently coming from this area and the watershed directly behind these properties. Flooding and standing water occurs to lots at the end of Uhiwai and Kipahele. And Ive enclosed a photo enclosure so that you can see in enclosure 1 where a lot of this water heads straight for the subdivision and enclosure 2 where the water hits my property. And it comes from 2 basically water flow areas where the water just flows like a river. Ponding of water adjacent to my property during heavy rainfall and constantly muddy soaked during dry periods on lot 101H and 101G. The degree of lots 101H and 101G are severely sloped where water runoff is directed straight towards my property and I sit at the bottom of this gully. Adjacent to these 40 acres sits the Chesebro property where there is a natural water stream that creates more water running through our subdivision from waterfalls off of Puuhaloa and Puukaala. The threat to and Ive enclosed, and I have an enclosure of 1 and 2 also and I believe the Chesebro property is another party. The threat to the safety of my home is of great concern. I had to build a wall to protect my property from the ponding and the overflow stream that would flow from this pond directly under my house and would go right through my garage wall. This occurred on more than 1 occasion. At the present the wall has stopped the water from flowing onto my property but now it appears to be seeping under my lot and drains out on the Kipahele side of the street through this hole adjacent to the telephone pole. If this land were excavated, graded or changes to the terrain the water would rush faster towards my property and is another life safety concern of mine. I am also concerned about the water seeping under my property and the settling of my house and damage to my foundation. I bought this corner lot because of the view of Mauna Kea and another concern would be the electric poles and how they would enter these lots. I object to poles obstructing my view and I presently enjoy or have electric lines coming from the corner pole in front of my property to these lots, which Ive enclosed enclosure 3. You can see some of the poles that are coming up Kipahele. They would go right in the front of my- thats the view from my window, my living room window. I also question the waterlines and how they will be entering this property and the disruption and damage to the road that will create. Not to mention the disruption of peace and tranquility presently enjoyed. The map indicates there will be a turnaround at Uhiwai and Hauhoa Street. I question why entry to these lots cannot be made from Mamalahoa. Additional traffic is another concern and what will stop these lots from being subdivided again once this rezoning is granted. A map of the area proposed for EXHIBIT F 4