2012-10-18 Leeward Exh B - DPW Laaloa

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SMITH: It’s a school bus stop. GIFFIN: Okay. SMITH: And it’s actually I think -. WARD: Both, both. SMITH: Oh, it’s both. Okay, it’s both. I didn’t know that. But it’s definitely school -. GIFFIN: Okay, so children, school children -. SMITH: Young children up to, it appears to me, perhaps high school age – so elementary through high school. GIFFIN: And then people riding the Hele On Bus. SMITH: That’s what I am told. I think I have seen people waiting down there for a Hele On Bus, adults. GIFFIN: Okay. Commissioners, once again, any questions? Hearing none, thank you very much. Ma’am, could you pronounce your last name? And did I swear you in? HOLUM: Yes, you did, you did swear me in. GIFFIN: Okay, good. HOLUM: And the last name is pronounced Holum. GIFFIN: Holum. All right. Please proceed with your testimony. HOLUM: And it is Patricia Holum. All right. I live at 77-154 La‘e La‘e, which is this property right here. And my concern is -. And I truly feel that the traffic will increase, because you have Magic Sands Beach here and Kahalu‘u just to the south of this. So people will decide probably they don’t want to take the speed bump route down Royal Poinciana and Lako and they will take this route to get to the beaches; so I truly feel that the traffic will increase. Also, my concern is for traffic calming with the speeds that would be going there. There is one speed bump currently that is right about in this area, and I have seen vehicles literally fly over that, I mean, where you will see air under their wheels. I mean there is that long stretch right along here, and the speed limit is 25. I hope it’s maintained at 25 all this way. But cars are going 40 to 45 along here, and I have seen vehicles come up this way to do construction up here, and actually have blown through this stop sign. I’ve heard the cars coming up, looked out my kitchen window and seen them not even slow down, go right cut in through here. So I do have concerns with how are they going to slow the vehicles down, because especially once you get down to this area, it is very, very narrow. All these homes, these are very small lots, some of the people barely can park their vehicle in their driveway. So it could be a real disaster waiting to happen because it is so narrow. But also I have neighbors here with a two-year old and a six-year old, neighbors here with a three-year old and a six-year old, and so my concern is with the speed of vehicles and the extra traffic that is going to be coming through there, how they are going to slow it down. I mean if they were to put in some kind of speed 9 EXHIBIT B