2013-12-05 Windward Transcript - Jordan

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They got to evacuate again to Queens Hospital and hopefully two or three guys not make (dead) or kids don’t die in the car. And, another one, yeah, I’m Hawaiian; and from day one I’m always against corporations and development. Yeah? And I’m Hawaiian, okay? When people develop on the island, that really hurt me, or something small that hurt me too. That’s from development. Yeah? But life goes on with this side. But my side, yeah, my life gotta go on and live on and keep my words. Like I said, I raised my right hand, only from the beginning of time of my birth, yeah. But somebody has to do something about speed bumps, sidewalks. I’ll tell you what, speeding - that make me cry every night. I get up 2, 3 o’clock in the morning, 11 o’clock at night, the car flying by 60 miles an hour. I hope whoever going to develop that real estate office think about that kind of stuff. Yeah? People die, every road, not only Laukapu Street, yeah. That hurt me. No matter where I stay I always think about that, no matter if I catch a plane outside or any place on my street where I live. We need speed bumps, every road. And the Planning know, the Planning Department know what’s happening, how much accidents we have. That’s not just accidents, it’s dead accidents, because people speeding, no more speed bumps. I like put up 4 by 4s if I can or 2 by 4s on the highway just to slow down the car on Laukapu Street, Hinano, both of those roads over there because I can hear head-on accidents every night, or at least one time a month. Okay? Please wake up because I crying at that for -. I’m trying to save other people. If I can save, save my spirit to save that person or the baby, the child, I would. Please. Thank you. ISHIBASHI: Thank you. TANABE: Can I say something? There’s so much traffic coming from the airport, we have accidents there all the time. And we would ask for stop lights along that road, nothing is done. Every week we hear accidents, we can hear the banging on the road. Nothing is being done. Thank you. ISHIBASHI: Any questions, Commissioners? Moving on, Lillian. Good morning. TAKEMURA: Good morning. I understand his concern that he has little children. I’ve been living in this location. I hate to give my age, but I’ll say over 50 years. I was not born there but I started living there when I was about four years old. And I really understand their concerns. I have the same concerns about traffic and taxes because the house I live in was built in the 30’s too. And I remember the whole area being so different because there was no Kanoelehua, there was no Kekūanāo‘a that extended to the shopping center. And it was completely residential, except for some small mom and pop businesses in the area. But my name is Lillian Takemura. I live at 650 Laukapu Street in Hilo which is directly across from the property before you this morning. And I’ve met the applicant, Sherry Jordan, and her husband, who have indicated the plans for the property. I have no objections to these purposes that she has as a business doesn’t appear to create extensive traffic and noise problems that will intrude on the quietness of the neighborhood; and it doesn’t seem to create a lot of safety problems for families with children. I imagine that someday the young people will start moving 5 EXHIBIT A