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affordable housing there. My parents cannot see the mountain any more, they used to be able to.
<br />You know things do change. I would like to see things stay the same, but I think the reality is
<br />that we have to look at what is in the best interest of the population at, the whole population
<br />trying to take into account the needs and the pains that it will cause to individual residents. My
<br />general feeling is that this is where -. You know, the County General Plan as it says says that
<br />this is where the urban expansion should go, and my general feeling is that theyre correct. And
<br />I do see that it does mean, you know, quite a bit of pain for individual homeowners, you know,
<br />such as yourself who has lived in that house all those years and are, in effect, getting pushed out.
<br />I dont, I mean, I do find it to be a very difficult decision. But, you know, but at the same time
<br />the other, you know, it has to go somewhere. We cant just say theres not going to be any more
<br />expansion of Hilo. We cant say that, you know.
<br />ALAMEDA:Commissioner McCall, thank you for your comments on that. Does that
<br />lead to a question or you just want to kind of lay it out?
<br />MCCALL:Its primarily a comment, yeah.
<br />ALAMEDA:Okay. Any other questions for Ms. Black? Ms. Black, you have any final
<br />comments?
<br />BLACK:IhaveacoupleofthingsIdliketosay.Firstofall,Iappreciateyour
<br />comments, Jeff; and I understand that things do change. But I thought that part of what this
<br />process was was trying to have some sort of controllable change that people could actually live
<br />with as in people who already live there. So, -.
<br />The other thing is, and Ive heard your comments, I understand, Im so grateful that you keep
<br />asking that question because we do need this. And I feel compelled at this moment to bring one
<br />other piece of this into this which does impact the whole situation. And right now with the lack
<br />of a larger community development plan, Im in here all the time, well, not all the time, but its
<br />on this bit-by-bit basis.
<br />So I just want to show you one thing. Okay, so this is the property that were talking about, the
<br />blue dot. This is the building weve already been discussing, the monster thats going in now;
<br />and this is the dentist office. And, you know, Chris you were saying about ways that residential
<br />and businesses work together, I would say that the dentist office thats on the corner is about the
<br />best example of a commercial enterprise that is harmoniously integrated into a residential
<br />neighborhood. And they did a bunch of things, including putting their building down in the
<br />ground so it didnt impact the viewplane, and doubling up on the parking stalls for the employee
<br />and staff so that it didnt have to be constant cars going in and out, in and out all the time
<br />because the girls that are the dental hygienists pull in and the docs pull in right behind them. It
<br />works very well. So this corner is an example of something thats working. Okay? We like
<br />those guys.
<br />But, right now, so this is my house right here, this is my other house right here, this is my
<br />cousins house right here, and this property on Iolani Street they just bulldozed this double lot.
<br />The Suzuki family is going to build a warehouse for Hilo Products. So now add those trucks
<br />backing up, yeah, try go take a look. Right over here, you go down Iolani Street, youre going to
<br />be shocked, they bulldozed that huge double lot. And that is going to be, weve been told, the
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