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GALDONES:With your indulgence, Commissioner Springer, Mr. Reynolds has a
<br />question or a statement.
<br />REYNOLDS:Yes. My concern wasn't just the five lots, and it's really not -, it's more
<br />to you folks as planners. I don't mean to rntmc khjd Hll `ss`bghmf sgdrd ftxr `rjhmf enq `
<br />subdivision, okay. If Lako Street -, I don't know anything about Lako Street. If it continues
<br />on like it has in my life, then entering into one of the largest intersections in Kona is going to
<br />be going through Pualani, so these five lots are little compared to what's going to happen.
<br />Everybody coming down Hienaloli Road that wants to go left on the highway, they're all going
<br />to -, it's all going to congest right there at Pualani, which is not -, you know, the mauka
<br />intersection, okay, which is not really these guys, but I'm saying it affects all of this right
<br />here, okay. So it's much more than just the five lots right there, okay. I don't think their
<br />change of zone is going to affect anything happening. Mine is more overall, you know, road
<br />planning.
<br />XTDM9Bntkc H itrs i> Vg`s gd&r s`kjhng about is that Lako Street, which is a
<br />little bit to the south of this subdivision, is supposed to extend and provide a way for people in
<br />mauka Kona to come down to Kuakini. There have been a lot of problems, and I don't want to
<br />get into a blow by blow about this. It's not due to unwillingness on the part of Gamrex. It's -,
<br />there have been a lot of problems in finalizing that alignment. I think we're on the home
<br />stretch to doing that, and we should have that done pretty shortly.
<br />GALDONES:Any further questions or comments of Mr. Reynolds? Otherwise,
<br />Mr. Error.
<br />ERROR:I'm George Error, a resident of Kona Orchards, and until a few minutes
<br />ago, I felt pretty good about it. Now I see that our subdivision is not so hot. I live at
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<br />75-665 Hua Ai Street, and I'm on the board of directors of the homeowners association there.
<br />As Richtor Reynolds has described to you, we are not opposed, per se, to this subdivision,
<br />however, the density question is a little below the County General Plan of 20,000 square feet.
<br />They are requesting 15,000 square feet. Our subdivision is a half an acre, and all of the other
<br />subdivisions currently being developed in that vicinity are that large or larger.
<br />We can understand the developer wanting to maximize the number of lots in his parcel, but I
<br />would suggest that when you get into steep terrain, the topography should incorporate some
<br />sort of slope requirement so that there are lesser lots in those vicinities. This topic was
<br />addressed in the Huallai Heights proposal, where they have asked for, and I think the word is
<br />cluster development so that they could minimize some of the grading. The grading and
<br />excavation in our vicinity has been going on non-stop for quite some time, and we are in favor
<br />of any kind of planning that minimizes this activity.
<br />The traffic on Huallai Road, if you have traveled it recently, can be described in one word,
<br />it's scary, whether you're going mauka or makai. It's a windy road. It takes about two and a
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