2016-05-19 Leeward Exh D (SPP 16-188)

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was to park my vehicle down at the end of Pualani Estates and walk up Queen K. I took some photos of the actual site, and I’d live to submit those, if I may, just so that you have an idea of what the quarry looks like. I was absolutely, at the base of Pualani Estates we also have a park where people bring their keiki, and all of the dust and the noise, I cannot, I cannot even imagine what those young families must endure or had to have endured or will endure, as this noise and dust and dirt continues, as it comes up mauka to all the rest of us that live uphill. When I was walking along, I took these photos just on the street, and what’s struck me so terribly much is what is happening to the ‘āina. And that says it all. KAPLAN: My name is Mark Kaplan, and I’m very concerned about the noise, the dust, the safety and the health of all the citizens living around here. A quarry and trucks moving up and down that road should not be in a residential area. I am a person who has asthma and COPD. Obviously, dust is not healthy for my environment. I work very hard to keep in shape, and this dust does not help me get to the effects that I want to be at. People have migraine headaches. You could say how much sound or banging in a distance; the bottom line is, if you have a migraine and you are hearing clamoring every day all day long, it’s not good for your health, either. As far as Hualālai Road goes, we all know it’s a very narrow road. It’s difficult for cars to go up and down there safely. It intensifies it when big trucks are going down. Again, talking about health and safety, if an ambulance needs to go up and down that road and there is a big rock truck up and down, and there is going to be many, many trucks going up and down, you are going to make slow down that ambulance that could save somebody’s life. There is also a lot of bicycles and joggers that go up and down that road, and you are putting them in jeopardy as well as everybody else. So at the end of the day, really, if you could please, please cancel this project, I think it’s in everybody’s interest. Thank you. HILL: My name is Jim Hill. Thank you for this opportunity to address you folks. I’d like to state that this is a quiet peaceful residential and agricultural area with more residential development anticipated. It doesn’t make any sense in a common sense to change the zoning to give a Special Permit to allow an industrial use. Rock crushing should be in an already zoned industrial area without any question. I personally have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and know some other individuals in the area that have the same like my neighbor here. Further additional particulate matter in the air is going to complicate our health problems. You might also think about the children that are coming up behind us that are going to suffer from having improper air to breathe and noise, as this young man states. The dust generation of this operation will impact them not necessarily today but in the future, both from their learning capacity and their health problems. Like this gentleman said, there are many bicycles and joggers and the people on scooters who use Hualālai Road, and additional traffic and ten to twenty heavy industrial trucks per day is going to pose an accentuated danger to an already significant problem. It’s a narrow curvy road. Our property values are definitely going to be negatively impacted by the noise and the air pollution, traffic congestion and safety concerns, if this is approved. Bottom line, I oppose any change to allow use a special use for rock crushing. It’s fine, if they want to park agricultural equipment that’s part of the game; I think that should be perfectly acceptable. 7 EXHIBIT D