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we are kind of in this little sweet spot, so we are very fortunate to be there. What you don’t see is
<br />you don’t see all the applications that have either been withdrawn, and more you don’t even see the
<br />people that don’t even bother to apply. To me, you know, that’s the elephant in the room.
<br />Something is not right. When you have Kailua-Kona propose for goals, we’ve got the Kona Urban
<br />Area, the whole idea was we want to support development in the Kona Urban Area because we
<br />want to reduce the pressure to rezone outside. So now we are coming in on a Kona Urban Area
<br />project, and we are having a very difficult time, as you can see. I mean I understand the concerns
<br />by the residents, you know, they live there, we don’t, but we have to go with what we have in terms
<br />of the planning documents, and as far as we can tell, we’ve complied with all of the General Plan,
<br />Community Development Plan, the concurrency requirements, and the mitigation factors with
<br />respect to the drainage, the water and, you know, hopefully the traffic. So to us it’s an important
<br />project. And I think the benefits of the project greatly outweigh the negatives. And I worry for the
<br />future of Kona, if this project doesn’t go. I mean, you don’t see probably 80 percent of the project
<br />people who want to go for it now; I mean they go to talk to the Planning Department, they don’t
<br />fall, you know, they fall within a T.O.D. circle or the, you know, concurrency zone, which the
<br />County is not going to build roads on in a foreseeable future. So they are dead in the water. So this
<br />is one of the few that can come through, this one and the Hu Ko Pa project. So what we are trying
<br />to do is to at least give some meaning to the Kona C.D.P., which we want to comply as best as we
<br />can. And the proposed conditions that you see in red on our September 26 submittal are effectively
<br />matching up these conditions of approval with what was approved on the Hu Ko Pa project.
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<br />We, in terms of the Hualālai Road traffic, the main proposal the applicant would like to do is to go
<br />makai, and connect that with the Hu Ko Pa street to go into Hualālai Road at that one section near
<br />the boundary of the properties. That’s the best place to do it, that’s the best sight distance, that’s the
<br />easiest to construct. If we have to, we will put in the one that’s shown I think in pink, which was
<br />added during the run through the Council the last time, the one there at the top of the picture. If we
<br />have to, we will put another access point to Hualālai Road. It meets the minimum sight distance
<br />requirements, but that’s probably not the best idea. We would think it would be better to coordinate
<br />and consolidate the access for both projects in the area that’s best suited for the connection.
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<br />I think what we are seeing is, at least we are seeing, and I just talked to the Building people, the
<br />Building department, excuse me, the planners from Kona, this side, who do all the building permit
<br />reviews, and they said that they are getting, you know, a lot more building permits in the house.
<br />The market is coming back. And what I fear is that if we cannot get the project through the
<br />entitlement process because of the Kona C.D.P., then Kona’s going to miss out on the next
<br />economic boom; I mean, if you look at what’s happening on all the other counties with respect to
<br />the market forces there, they are moving forward and going. And, you know, when you look at the
<br />history of the Kona C.D.P. and what has happened with respect to rezonings in Kona proper and
<br />you only see one other project, that’s a concern to us. That’s a bigger problem than, you know, than
<br />this particular project. But it gives some story, back story to the reasons why we are here. And the
<br />Barretts are smart guys; they know that this is going to be a difficult project to do, but they feel
<br />strongly that this is the right thing to do for both them and for Kona.
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<br />GIFFIN: Thank you. Once again, Commissioners, any questions of the applicant? Brandi.
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<br />BEAUDET: Steve, you just mentioned that the optimal access point to Hualālai would be through
<br />Hu Ko Pa on the mauka access point into the subdivision, or Parcel 42. Now, in accordance with a
<br />subdivision clause that was signed at the time of the subdivision of the four lots within this area,
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