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GIFFIN: Thank you. Sir, let’s begin with you. Will you please state your name.
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<br />R. GREEN: Okay. My name is Robert Green. I’m here as a private citizen. I’m a kama‘āina; I
<br />was born in Hilo and raised in Puna. I’m pro-growth and pro-development; so don’t get me wrong
<br />when I start throwing rocks at you, because I’m pro-growth and pro-development. And I have a,
<br />I’m an engineer with advanced degrees in industrial engineering and business administration.
<br />Okay. Now, why am I here is, well, I was looking at this item, and there were three concerns that I
<br />had. And the first concern was why are we here, because both these projects are basically at
<br />Waikoloa. And the citizen of Waikoloa need to be making these presentations, but here at 9:30 in
<br />the morning they are working. So I was very concerned that we had this presentation on these
<br />projects specific to Waikoloa here.
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<br />The next thing that I was concerned about is basically the presentations; you know, I don’t think
<br />that they were representatives. As an example, the pictures that he showed were really nice
<br />pictures, but he never got down to the gully, and took pictures of the terrain and the gully, which
<br />where the problems are.
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<br />Now, what I think the major issue in my opinion is traffic, and this is going to be a problem. And if
<br />you look at the diagram, let’s see, we are going to come down from Paniolo Avenue, and then the
<br />first road that you find is Lua Kula, okay? Right across the street is a condominium with a road
<br />there; so right there we have another road that’s not listed on this, okay? You go further on the
<br />bend and you come to the right, and you have the most, the busiest intersection in Waikoloa that
<br />goes to the commercial center that we have now; that’s not listed. Now, then you go up to the, take
<br />the turn on the bend, and now you have that road that they’re talking about, going to the park. And
<br />you go on, then it’s going to be another exit to the commercial zone, and then you come to another
<br />intersection on the other side of the street that’s not shown. So, you know, it’s very, very difficult
<br />to make decisions with half the information. I think all of those should be shown. And then we
<br />have another exit. You know, that’s only, that’s only Paniolo. Now, let’s go up Waikoloa Road.
<br />As we see Waikoloa Road, we find that south of that road, or south of the Waikoloa Road, there’s
<br />going to be a 400-house lot housing area, okay. And what that housing area is going to have two
<br />roads, exits: One is going by the post office, and the other is going on the other side of further east
<br />of the Stables road. So now you have those two thousand people living in that area, and those
<br />traffic concerns are not listed, as I see it, and I think this is something that should be considered.
<br />Now, we go back to the Waikoloa Stables. Well, that area has the library. It’s supposed to have the
<br />medical complex. They are talking about having a Marine Corps museum there in that area. So
<br />we’ve got all this traffic. And all these things are really not pointed out and considered.
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<br />So I think what the, I think what we need to do right now is basically have Hawaiian Riverbend go
<br />back to the drawing board and come back and provide you with all the potential problems that we’ll
<br />be having, so you can make the proper decision; because if you make a decision only with the
<br />information you have now, I think it’ll come back and bite you. And I also think that the Planning
<br />Department, when they show some of these pictures, you know, they are showing you only the good
<br />pictures. I think maybe they ought to go back and show you the bad pictures. And so I guess that’s
<br />what I’m talking about. The next thing, area I was concerned with would be with poor planning,
<br />and I’ll cover that when we talk about the development to the south. Thank you.
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<br />GIFFIN: You’re welcome. Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Green? Hearing none, ma’am?
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