2012-11-15 Leeward Exh B - Waikoloa Mauka

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through that intersection as fast as they can anyway right now. And for some reason there seems to be a desire to create a traffic nightmare. It’s not responsible development. The other concern I have is that this development is going to share the water from the Village, and that there is not enough water. The water is going to have to be hauled in. And my concern as a resident of the Village is, who is going to make sure this keeps happening? We are going to have to rely on some corporation, which may go bankrupt or disappear, in order to keep hauling water; so ten years down the road or 20 years down the road, are we going to be in a water situation because this development, you know, because they don’t want to supply water anymore? It’s trying to make a problem. Thank you very much. GIFFIN: You’re welcome. Commissioners, any questions? Director. LEITHEAD TODD: I just want to say that I’m not necessarily a fan of roundabouts, but the roundabout is in the original ordinance, and there is a segment of the population on this island, including people who live in Waikoloa, that expressed their interest in having a roundabout at that intersection. And there are also a number of people who, you know, reputedly have traffic backgrounds that advocate roundabouts all the time whether it’s appropriate or not. Really to a great extent when something is coming through our Department, and it’s a time extension, then we are just looking at that issue. The issue of the roundabout is really something that has to be addressed with the Council, with the Department of Public Works, and perhaps with your newly elected representative of this area, who I see sitting in the back of the room. What I was talking about the trucks was, I was saying that the information that I had been given was that there was a preference for some of the trucks going through, that they preferred a roundabout because they didn’t want a signalized intersection. I happened to like signalized intersections for pedestrians. Because I’ve seen some roundabouts on the mainland that after a while they put signals on every piece. In the DC area when they planned it, you had a roundabout, and I got there and I was like, wow, every piece of the roundabout wasn’t really functioning like a roundabout because there were traffic lights at every piece – I was thinking about Dupont Circle in particular – because that was how they ended up having to control the traffic at the roundabout. So it really is a function of where it’s located, whether it’s appropriate in the amount of traffic. But there is a segment of the population here that is in love with roundabouts. And so I think the discussion has to be had in the community and with the County Council in particular and people who developed the Community Development Plans whether this is an appropriate place for it. What we are doing is we are just trying to deal with the conditions that have already been imposed, and the request in front of us is primarily just a time extension and not an amendment to the other conditions. So I just wanted to clarify that. But I agree with a lot of what you have said, because I’m not entirely convinced personally that this is an appropriate place for a roundabout. But it’s in the plans, it’s what a lot of people in the community, as the plans were being developed, came out and said that this is what they wanted. So you may find yourself to be the salmon swimming upstream in this in terms of the input that you’ll get from the rest of the community. R. SCHULHERR: I do, if I may -. GIFFIN: Any other comments for the testifier? Sir, did you want to say anything else? R. SCHULHERR: I just want to say I wish the Commission and the people who are proposing this project would step back for a minute and try to get the big picture. They’ve been given a rare opportunity for an extension, if this is approved, and I’m sure it will be, and I wish they would 9 EXHIBIT B