2012-11-15 Leeward Exh A - Riverbend

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not saying the roundabout is a bad thing but, you know, this fiction that people don’t have to stop for a roundabout is kind of insane, because you have to have rules in a roundabout. And I’ve driven in every one of them; sometimes the people who are driving parallel to the ocean have the right of way, and everyone in the roundabout has to defer to them; sometimes people in the roundabout have the right of way; sometimes people entering the roundabout have the right of way. So to say that a roundabout means nobody has to stop is quite an oversimplification. And I thank you for your time. GIFFIN: You’re welcome. Commissioners? Hearing none, thank you. If you would please step back, I’m going to call on the last two who signed up to testify. Chris Nordby and Jana Collier, will you please come forward. Thank you. Could you please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. GIFFIN: Thank you. Will you please start with you, sir, and state your name. NORDBY: My name is Chris Nordby. I am a condominium owner in Waikoloa Hills. I think you’ve heard a lot about traffic concerns, so I won’t go into detail; I do echo the sentiments of the Greens and the Schulherrs on the matter. But I do think, I do want to say that it’s, I think it’s more of an issue of safety. Those two proposed entry ways to Paniolo are, as everyone has said, are in and of the vicinity that already has many ingresses and exits from an existing shopping center. As you all know, there is only one way in and out of the village, so that’s a very congested corner. And I think that it’s very realistic to say that it could be very much a safety hazard, and I wish reconsider this design at least and get rid of those two access ways. My main concern is the process that’s going on here; this is a fair share park that’s being, it’s part of Waikoloa Mauka, and yet it seems to be tied to a development. It’s like, why are they doing for filling their fair share on their property across the road there, across Waikoloa? I don’t see why it has to be located on another piece of property when it has to be tied to a development. It doesn’t seem to me that be the intent of the law of fair share; I will give you a park, only if you give me a shopping center. So I don’t understand that process. Maybe you could explain it to me. But I don’t see why this developer, Waikoloa Mauka, can’t develop on their, the fair share park on their own property. That’s all I have to say. GIFFIN: Commissioners, any questions? Hearing none, thank you very much. Ma’am? COLLIER: My name is Jana Collier, and I’ve been a resident of Waikoloa Hills for eight years now, and I’ve seen a lot of changes. And I would like to have a library; I’m a big reader of books. And the Stables, you know, might be a great place to have the library and the community center. But I also am very concerned about the access to a commercial development at the corner of Paniolo and Waikoloa Road being that that is the only access to the community at this time, and that there is extensive commercialization on the north side of the village; so we are getting a lot of other development besides the ones in this area. I just hope that you Commissioners and Members of the Planning Commission will really examine this site and vote it down, because for commercial development I think it is the wrong thing for the Village. GIFFIN: Thank you. Any other questions of this testifier? Hearing none, thank you very much. Thank you, Sid. I’m sure you, like we, have heard all of the concerns that were just voiced, and I would like you to please spend some time addressing those concerns, particularly traffic. 17 EXHIBIT A