2013-07-18 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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educational opportunities; 2, density affects academic achievement and cost to tax payers. Thank you. M. K. McINNIS: Good morning. If approved, the rezoning and PUD process will allow a total of 43 homes on this particular parcel. The land adjacent to the subject parcel has an approval of 53 lots and is owned by a family member of the applicant. If approved, this parcel combined with the other three parcels makai will have a total of 200 homes, unless, of course, the approved rezoning is amended again at a later date to provide for even smaller lots and greater density. The Hualālai Partners proposal shows traffic from their proposed subdivision being dumped directly onto Hualālai Road. To even consider using Hualālai Road as a point of egress and ingress is dangerous and shows a lack of consideration for the public safety and wellbeing. Hualālai Road is a substandard road by all accounts, a road with no shoulders, limited guardrails and poor sight visibility. Now we are to expect additional cars and school bus to sue this road as well. Speaking of the school bus, this increased density puts more pressure on our overburdened, under-funded and understaffed schools. So who is going to pay for the road improvements to Hualālai when it becomes even more dangerous because of the increased traffic or possible loss of life? Hualālai Partners is already negotiating on what they are not going to do or improve. Who is going to pay to expand and upgrade our school and hire more staff and teachers? Who is going to pay? Not the developer. They have made their profit and have gone back to the mainland. The burden will fall on the tax paying citizens. The same citizens who will have to deal with the traffic, the noise, the congestion and, of course, the higher taxes. Thank you. M. McINNIS: Good morning or afternoon whichever one it is. I’ve revised my testimony that you all received, and want to make sure that you did get this survey. The parcel in question that Hualālai Partners owns did not exist as a separate Tax Map parcel prior to December 2004; it was part of an 84-acre tract of land owned by the Gomes Family Limited Partnership. It was created along with five additional parcels by a Declaration of Agreement for Kahului 96-acre Consolidation and Resubdivision Sub No. 2004-0120. This document was recorded on December 9, 2004. This document was a condition of the Planning Department granting approval for the requested consolidation and resubdivision of the 96 acres. This process started on April 8, 2004, per a letter from Stanley A. Gomes to Chris Yuen, then planning director. The Declaration of Agreement addresses the 96 acres in its entirety. It was a condition for future development, and rezoning is the first step in the development process. It was created to prevent a fragmented development. That is what is currently happening. The Planning Commission, the County Council and the County Planning staff should look at the potential impact the entire 96-acre development will have on the surrounding community. Commissioner Whittemore, you’ve addressed the question on Parcel 30 and the widening of Hualālai Road – very good question. The applicant does not control Parcel 30 – very good answer. The resolution of that is to treat the entire 96 acres as one development. I respectfully request any rezoning or development action on Hualālai Partners’ parcel and other parcels consisting of 96 acres be deferred until the property owners of these five parcels have complied with the conditions as stipulated in the Declaration of Agreement. Thank you. ERROR: Okay. I actually enjoy driving Hualālai Road. That’s kind of the reason we’ve lived here for 19 years, and we love driving the curvy scenic road and all the kukui trees that are on our property. And we were willing to pay more to live at the cooler 800-foot elevation with our wonderful views of the ocean. Now, when Pualani Estates was developed, we were devastated by the way the land was scraped away to look like a moonscape and developed to look like something in the California suburbs – certainly not fitting for the charming rural entry to Hōlualoa. Surely, our 19 EXHIBIT B