2013-09-26 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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GIFFIN: Into the mike. TUCKER: Michelle Tucker. GIFFIN: All right. And according to my information, you did not testify last month. Is that correct? TUCKER: No. My husband was here. I happened to be off on business. So he -. I’m here now. GIFFIN: Great, great. Okay, Margaret, are you ready? MASUNAGA: Yes. GIFFIN: Please begin. TUCKER: Well, I wanted to, I had this whole thing planned out, and then after hearing the developers, everything changed. The first thing I wanted to address was it is a mile from the bottom of Hualālai up to the peak of their, the end of their property where it aligns. And I think the elephant in the room is this road. No one cares if this road is fixed. Well, I shouldn’t say that. It seems to be that it’s skipped, it’s kind of overlooked, in the respect that the County doesn’t have the money and doesn’t want to do it. And the developers only want to do what they have to do and what they’re, what they need to do, as a 15-acre lot, not, you know, as total lot. This was 60 acres; it would have had to jump through a lot more hoops to do this big development, to address the traffic on Hualālai. And they’re not having to do this anymore. I travel this every day. Everybody knows the prob-, you’ve been well aware of all the problems. Everybody, you’ve had experts come up here and tell you that it’s a battleground. It needs to be improved. And basically it’s not going to be, and we’re going to add more and more traffic onto it. And the part about the, Mr. Whittemore has brought up, about the other road, basically it may or it may not. It’s all going to go on Hualālai. And we as the residents have to deal with that every day. And we are going to see a fatality on that road. I promise you it will happen, unless something is addressed on it. And I can’t say anything but this: I hold the developer and you responsible because you have, can make the difference to change it. We have, we look to you to do this. We look to you to be responsible on this. And I’ve got to say I’ll be the first to testify on behalf of the plaintiff. Because we’ve asked you to protect our rights on this road. I don’t want to see anyone die on it, let alone anybody that I know or cherish. Thank you. GIFFIN: Thank you. Commissioners, any questions of Michelle Tucker? Thank you. Sir, your name? GIMPEL: Thank you. I’m Joel Gimpel. I’m Public Affairs Chair for the Kona Traffic Safety Committee. GIFFIN: Mr. Gimpel, my records indicate that you did testify last month. Is that correct? GIMPEL: That is correct. 15 EXHIBIT B