2012-05-03 Windward Transcript John Hegarty

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Ginger Lane for a police substation of which we have offered to the County, they did not want it. We originally offered itmto the Fire Department, they did not want it. It is also designed for a school. Because already if we go by HUD rules as far as development, we have over 1300 homes in our subdivision, and we have to have a school. KERN: Okay, I guess I’ll -. Is there any plan for any commercial development on either one of those parcels that would be outside of the school, or park, or community center, or anything like that? Is there any plan? GALIMBA: There’s no plan; and we oppose any commercial development other than for a school or fire -. KERN: Yeah. Okay, thank you. Any other questions? Yes, Commissioner Gonzales. GONZALES: Yes. So the park is behind the mail boxes, across the street from the proposed site? GALIMBA: That is correct. GONZALES: And a lot of children? Is it a big park, I mean -? GALIMBA: Yeah, it’s, it’s a busy park. We have, football teams will be coming in this next year. You know, we also rent the facility out for social events as well. But the, I would say the youth park is directly across there with all the playground equipment, right across from where the parking would be at the mailboxes. GONZALES: Thank you. KERN: Any other questions? Seeing none, thank you very much. Robin Benedict, use your microphone, and name and area in which you live and then you’ve got three minutes. BENEDICT: Hi, my name is Robin Benedict and I live in the Ainaloa Subdivision about two miles up from the main road. And I personally have a disabled person and senior citizens in my household. So the idea of having this convenience store with a certified kitchen and Mr. Hegarty making free of charge delivery of prepared meals at a low cost and groceries delivered for free is ideal for my household. I want to be the voice of the disabled and the seniors in our community. And I took the liberty of looking at the demographics of the 2010 census. And if you look at that you’ll notice that Ainaloa is a growing community with about, at that time 3,000 residents, 1,005 homes in that area, 15.32 percent of which are senior citizens. And a lot of them are represented here today. And it’d be a disgrace if you would not allow this convenience store to be built for them, not only for them but for also the community. If you look at what was presented in the back of me, it’s right on the main drive. It’s right across the mail boxes. It’s a traffic area that’s normally used. If you look at some of the testimony that came in from the Police Department and what they thought as far as crime, as far as traffic, it was no impact, if you look at the paperwork that came in. And looking at what the President said about the development that they’re planning to put up which wasn’t even approved by the Association, it’s really inconvenient, inaccessible to the community to go further up and into another residential area down the street. This is a convenient location right across from the mail boxes. I also had concerns about alcohol and that kind of stuff; and I had a conversation with Mr. Hegarty. He had this type plans. He had no plans for selling alcohol at that store. Also, I had the opportunity, cause I was concerned, I went to the Orchidland Association meeting last month; and at that time I witnessed Mr. Hegarty laying out th what he wanted to do in that area. I know that there are concerns about the 37 Avenue being used. It’s a road that’s in disrepair. Personally, my home is about 2 miles from the main road. My senior citizen doesn’t drive. She doesn’t, she’ll get to the store if I take her. She doesn’t have transportation so the idea for her of getting meals and getting groceries delivered is ideal, and I’m pretty sure to a lot of these other senior citizens here also. 6 EXHIBIT A