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<br />LEE: My name is Guye Lee. Aloha mai kākou to the Planning Commission. The reason why I am
<br />here is because my family is associated with Huliko‘a; we are the descendants of Huliko‘a. And the
<br />property, the ahupua‘a of Kohanaiki, okay, was previously owned by us, you know, we owned quite
<br />a bit of the property here, there. We have a small portion here, Parcel 13 and 14. And, you know,
<br />our concern mainly is, we are not opposing the construction of this bypass or this extra roadway,
<br />this frontage road, but what we are concerned about, though, is, being indigenous ancestors of this
<br />area, we have a duty, we have a responsibility that any development for this area is done with
<br />thoughtful consideration. And hearing the testimony that has come out previous, you know, we are
<br />for it; however, we also have ideas for our portion in which, you know, we want to preserve and
<br />make sure that we are not restricted from our original rights. I’m here today, again, to introduce
<br />ourselves because, you know, we have been sitting back for a number of years now in order for this
<br />area to expand and develop. But again, my purpose, or our purpose with the trust, is that we
<br />develop our area so that future generations of the Kona community will benefit, not just the
<br />individuals within our area. Thank you.
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<br />BOWMAN: Thank you, Mr. Lee. Any questions from Commissioners? I have -. So are you
<br />saying – I don’t know if there is another picture that we can see the exact, their parcels, your
<br />parcels, Mr. Lee. Maybe you can -.
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<br />LEE: Our parcel is mauka of -.
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<br />ARAI: Microphone, please.
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<br />BOWMAN: There is a pointer.
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<br />LEE: Our portion of land at the moment consists of this area here, 144 acres, to the north on the
<br />mauka side, as well as 11.7 acres here on the makai side. So we, again, our family still owns this
<br />portion, and would like to develop this portion. If you are planning on moving this access way at
<br />Kohanaiki Way and bringing in over to Huliko‘a Drive, we are not sure how that will affect our
<br />portion here on Parcel 13 to have direct access to Queen K. At the moment there is an easement on
<br />Huliko‘a Drive at this point here, but we are not sure if this easement will be able to accommodate
<br />all of the traffic that would be happening on this road. We understand that there will be a so-called
<br />Middle Road up here, which we are encouraged by and which we hopefully would be able to
<br />connect to. But if an access for us to, you know, from the top down to Queen K is direct, then it
<br />makes it so much easier for us to get on to Queen K.
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: I was -. Chair?
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<br />BOWMAN: Please.
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: I was going to say that that really isn’t within the control -.
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<br />LEE: Right, I understand.
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<br />LEITHEAD TODD: Of the Planning Commission or even the County, because since Queen
<br />Ka‘ahumanu is a state highway, access to the highway and where fully channelized and four-way
<br />intersections occur is really under State control. And so I would suggest that your family have
<br />some conversations with State Highways about that, and also explore exactly what your easement
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