2013-07-18 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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have very few options. If we are trapped on Hienaloli Road by a car accident, our only egress is a rather questionable looking pile of rocks with asphalt on it euphemistically referred to as a trestle. Every time we cross the trestle, we are on lookout for Stephen King and a camera. Thank you. BEAUDET: Thank you. Commissioners, do you have any questions or comments for the testifiers? Thank you all. Next, I’d like to call up Mark Van Pernis, Tomoe Nimori, Tom Madson, Mary Kay McInnis, Mac McInnis and Normita Error? E-R-R-O-R? May I ask each of you to please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‘i County Leeward Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. BEAUDET: Thank you. Like the first group, if you all could just introduce yourselves first, and then we’ll start at the far right with the testimony. MADSON: Tom Madson. VAN PERNIS: Mark Van Pernis. NIMORI: Tomoe Nimori. M. K. McINNIS: Mary Kay McInnis. M. McINNIS: Mac McInnis. ERROR: Normita Error. I live in Kona Orchards. BEAUDET: Thank you. Sir? MADSON: Yes. I’d like to start my testimony by affirming that this is not a 15-acre subdivision, other testifiers have done that; this is a 60-acre subdivision that is done 15 acres at a time to avoid going through the extra scrutiny that’s required by the Land Use Commission and a very confident survey of all conditions. There is proposed approximately 200 homes in all 60 acres that’s Lots 43, 42, 41 and 40. That equates to about 1,000 trips per day in additional use, and I can guarantee you most of them are going to go up and down Hualālai Road, which is an unsafe substandard road. Before my time runs out, I want to talk about Parcel 30, which Mr. Whittemore very wisely brought up; I’m sure arrangements can be made for them to make the improvements along Parcel 30, because the owner is one of the participants in this 60-acre development. And that’s very important, Mr. Whittemore brought up that what is the point of improving Hualālai Road, if you do a section here and a section there, and I’ve got the map, at the upper side and the lower side where touches and leave the section in between on the most dangerous curve on that street. I have pictures of, numerous pictures of accidents. Here is the latest, a telephone pole was knocked down recently, and, you can look at them, if you would like. And not more than two months ago a car went off Hualālai Road and into a tree and lodged, completely off the ground in a tree off the road. All the guardrails on Hualālai Road are, thank God they are there, because they are all caved in by cars. And there’s at least a dozen cars between Queen K and the intersection of Hienaloli, which is the upper extent of this subdivision, that have just been abandoned; when they go off the road, they are totaled, so they figure it might as well just leave them. One other thing that’s a little bit off the 16 EXHIBIT B