2012-02-16 Leeward Exh A - Towata Grand

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suggestion would be to for them to offer a certain portion of their property for future private road improvement and that, you know, based on that, that their subdivision be provided, and then they wouldn’t have to spend the money now, and it could be -. I think one of the Commissioners, I think it was that you, sir, mentioned, or maybe Mr. Hickcox, mentioned that there was kind of unfairness that they had to do all these improvements, and they are just trying to, you know, split up their property. I think what you said was that, you know, your mom made you a promise that you would keep it in the family. So that’s what it is. It’s not some, she’s not some big developer; it’s a person trying to provide for her ‘ohana. And that, so perhaps it would be a way to do this with the, you know, like I say, with the future, with the dedication for future widening of the private road. And who owns the private road is another whole question; it’s just like it’s up in the air. But I’m, people have told me that you can go through a quiet title action and perhaps, and if you have a road association and the road association has ownership of it, and if you have a road association, then there is government money available to improve the road. So if nothing else comes out of this, that’s what I’ve done is I’ve got the things going with the road. But if you could be a member, her family could be a member of the road association, it will be a real asset. So that’s, those, I’m kind of throwing a curve ball in here at the last minute, but perhaps, you know, something like this could be done. And then, like I say, she wouldn’t have to spend, she wouldn’t have to spend any money to do this. It could be a future dedication, here is where the future road is that will help me and help my other neighbors help the ambience. And I think one of these things to be aware of is when we are going to do these expansions of these twelve-foot roads, we need to think in terms of not just widening the road. We need to think what I call cutting the corner; we need to make like a little angle piece so that vehicles can make a turn. And people that drive on those roads know exactly what I’m talking about, because the neighbors do that already; they just cut off the corners, so people can do that. And I think that’s, I don’t want to take up too much time here, and I think that’s everything I have to say about it. I think the, one last thing, I think the one-way road is a good one, because you can preserve the character. And, yes, there is a lot of different, it sounds like there is a lot of different processes and steps that have to be gone through to do that, but I think it would be a benefit to the community, and I think the community would agree with it. So that’s about all I have to say. GIFFIN: Thank you very much. Commissioners, did you have any questions of the public testifier? If not, Daryn, did you want to respond to the comments from the public or do you have a new suggestion? BURITZ: Like I say, I’m coming in with a curve ball at the end here and I apologize. GIFFIN: That’s all right. Madam Director. LEITHEAD TODD: Well, actually, we do have a condition proposed, and it’s a five-foot condition. The theory being that five feet from them, five feet from properties on the other side of the twelve feet, and that would give you 22 feet, you know, because we were thinking that there might be the potential. The problem is is that we couldn’t put more since it’s not a County road, so we just wanted to preserve the potential that the community would get together. And so there is a five-foot setback condition. And the theory being that if the other properties on the other side of the road came in, then that would give you, you know, some, so they don’t put a house right, too close to a potential road. BURITZ: Could I -? 19 EXHIBIT A