2016-05-05 Hearing Transcript - James Ishii REZ 16-204

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In my opinion, to change the zoning in any other lots in that neighborhood would be a mistake because the one that was already changed and the reason for it has already been negated, and to change the nature of the neighborhood without a compelling reason is just wrong, and to go—the house that was changed, they stipulated that they had to maintain the character and the appearance of the original house, which I think was a good thing, that they at least did that. Well, if they put in office buildings then that's gonna change the nature of the neighborhood further and it's kind of doubly wrong. I think it was wrong to make the change on the last house, and I think it would be even a bigger mistake to make this change on this house on these three lots. If the zoning is just changed whenever anybody wants to, it kind of means that people can't trust that their zoning means anything. It becomes meaningless. It's just changed because somebody feels like they want to change it. In my opinion, Manono Street is an excellent location for residential. We looked, 20 years ago we bought there, and we looked at several different properties, and this is centrally located in the middle of everything, and it's accessible to everything and fairly close distance, and it's just an excellent neighborhood for residents, and to change it doesn'tI don't like the idea of changing it. I think it's wrong to change it, and I think you're kind of cutting off your nose to spite your face if you do because, I mean, for so many different reasons. There's the fact that having residential areas in the center of things cuts down on commuting. It cuts down on time and so it's more efficient. So, it's good for the environment, less gas usage. We've got a housing crisis to where there's a lot of homelessness and itcutting down the number of residential lots available is, you know, making it harder, you know, increasing the problems of homelessness. It's, you know, environmentally, economically, there are a whole bunch of different reasons that just doesn't make sense to me to change zoning in this area. And, so I object to it, and I would like to see that not done. I don't see any really compelling reason to do it. I think that wraps up what I had to say. HEAUKULANL Thank you, sir. Ma'am? RHOADES, G.: Hi, good morning. HEAUKULANL Good morning. RHOADES, G.: My name is Gail Rhoades, spouse to Lou Rhoades. I live at 1045 Manono Street, which is one property over from where the office buildings are proposed, and I'm just amazed that you would even consider putting three more office buildings in that neighborhood. On East Kawili, just north or east of the brewery, there's a brand new office building that was built two years ago, and it has not had a single occupant. It's all boarded up. It's an eyesore. And, as you know, driving around town, there are many buildings that are empty waiting for occupancy. I believe there is no need for three additional office buildings especially on Manono. The traffic is bad enough now. 5 EXHIBIT C