2013-09-26 Leeward Exh B - Hualalai Partners

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GIFFIN: And you have new testimony for us, this morning? GIMPEL: I submitted written testimony which I believe is in your packages. I would like to, just to emphasize a couple of new points and some of the things that I said. First of all, where is the report from the Planning Department on Director Yuen’s comments on this, which was the reason for delaying the decision last time in July to this meeting? I haven’t seen it. I don’t know if you have seen it. I’ve looked through your packet and I, it is not there. All right. I haven’t seen, heard anything about it. th No. 2, I was discouraged and disheartened at the applicant’s assertion at the July 18 meeting in response to a question regarding the availability of school rooms in the area, that families with school-aged children won’t be able to afford $800,000 homes. My suggestion is that if the applicant doesn’t anticipate selling homes to people with children, why not build smaller one- or two-bedroom homes. Finally, nobody has really commented upon the problem of using Paulehia Street as the secondary access. Because that is what the applicant suggests in his application. Paulehia Street goes from the property adjoining the applicant’s out to Puapuaanui Street. That is going to be, in effect, the primary access because the intersection with Puapuaanui and Highway 11 is signalized, whereas Hualālai Road intersection is not signalized. And, also, Hualālai Road doesn’t have a right-turn access lane to go north onto Highway 11. It’s a very dangerous right turn to go onto there. And as I said it’s not signalized. So everybody is going, from this subdivision, or from the applicant’s subdivision, and also the makai subdivision to it, is going to use Paulehia Street. The problem with that is that accounts for 90 cars right there, plus, or 90 homes right there, plus there’s about 40 homes in Pualani Estates that will also use Paulehia Street to get to Puapuaanui. That’s 130, at least 130 homes that will use a residential street with driveways every 25 feet and a lot of school-aged children playing in the street in that subdivision. Thank you. GIFFIN: Commissioners, any questions of Mr. Gimpel? Hearing none, thank you, sir. Your name, please. McINNIS: Mac McInnis, I testified last -. GIFFIN: Yes. McINNIS: Month before last. GIFFIN: My, my records indicate that. And you will be timed. And you have new information for us, correct? McINNIS: I have a new speech. GIFFIN: Thank you. Please begin. McINNIS: I’m speaking on behalf of members of our neighborhood and the community. And I’d like for all those to stand that I’m speaking for, please. (Approximately twelve people in the audience stood up.) 16 EXHIBIT B