2012-11-15 Leeward Exh A - Riverbend

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There are a number of entrances and exits to the commercial site that’s already existing. Right where you have the proposed road below the purple area, you have – stay on the diagram, okay, that will work, too – right where – may I have the, oh, good – right there is the entrance to the Chevron station. Further north, excuse me, further south, near the white building, that’s a major entrance to the Waikoloa Highlands. The biggest building there is a grocery store. There is a number of vacant buildings in the area directly adjacent to Waikoloa Road, and nonetheless there is another entrance right there into that commercial area. When we had the master plan diagram, there is no accommodation at all for any roads, any inch, for there to be a viable roundabout. Where is that land going to be taken from? If it’s going to mean that the building is going to be pushed further north, that would again bring more of my neighbors in Waikoloa Hills directly adjacent to the rear end of commercial area. The Makau (sic) development has this tradeoff, oh, well, there will be a park as part of this commercial area. There will be no way for children to get on a bicycle and go to this park without risking major damage. It’s not quite safe to walk along the, those are four lanes, onto Paniolo Avenue, which is the sole access for at least 4,000 people who live in Waikoloa Village. There is a very undeveloped road, which is our -. It’s not on that map. We had a major fire in 2005; part of the recommendations in this FEMA document say, well, we really need a secondary egress, we need another way to get out of Waikoloa Village. We have a dirt, excuse me, an unimproved road in Waikoloa Village. The very idea of -. Excuse me, if I may, while we are on the General Plan, the building where my home is doesn’t even exist on the, in the triangle, because that told me Phase 1, I live in Phase 2 Waikoloa Hills; it’s not even represented on the General Plan, which is paperwork submitted to you by the developer saying, oh, here we go, here is a nice picture. My home doesn’t exist there; believe me, I know it does, I live there. So I’m very concerned about traffic. I’m very concerned that even during construction the major in and out for the about 4,000 or more people who live in Waikoloa Village, we won’t be able to get in and out during construction. You are concerned about tax revenue; more and more people will be moving out of Waikoloa Village because they just are tired of the hassle getting in and out of their homes. I’m very concerned about the kids not being able to get into this park; the park is a tradeoff to have, well, we need the commercial tax base, therefore we’ll give you a park that children will not be able to get to. You will have overtaxed soccer moms having to get into their cars to drive the kids to this area because it’s not safe to walk there. I walk to the post office, which is across Waikoloa Road. We currently have, it used to be you just walk and cars should have slowed down, now we have orange flags to say, hello, I really need to cross the road. The idea that trucks do not want to slow down at this intersection makes me concerned. I will not be able to safely cross the street. The crosswalk will be moved away from the traffic circle. But if I choose to cross the street to walk to the post office, the trucks are going to have to stop. So the idea that we do not want to upset truckers (there will be so many more trucks coming into the area), I’m sorry to make them have to slow down and stop, but I would like to be able to cross the street to go to the post office. The other concern that I have, no one is mentioning elevation. At that intersection it’s 1,000 feet, and that’s the highest part of the surrounding area; at least that it is on my topographical map. I started long and hard before I purchased where we bought our condo. And there is talk about, oh, don’t worry, we’ll remove that hill and use all of the dirt; well, if you remove the hill, instead of 14 EXHIBIT A