2016-11-03 Hearing Transcript - Edward Torrison REZ 16-213

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He also mentioned the left -turn situation. Well, all the homes on Kaumana and Waianuenue, people make left turns and right turns out of their property all day long. So, that's—the left turn thing is of no consequence. As someone mentioned about parking, there's no parking on Kaumana or Waianuenue so if there were additional employees or guests to the building, there wouldn't be any place for them to park. Let's see. What else? I don't know if any of you are familiar with our neighborhood. It's kind of a little gem. We can walk to stores, the hospital, the library, restaurants. I mean, it's just a really nice residential community, and I think it has that, some value has been added because folks are realizing that living in Hilo versus living in Puna is an advantage because we do have that sense of community and all the services are readily available, especially health care services. I also want to address his last point about the emotional aspect of the property, and I think a very nice way to support his wife would be to donate the property and make it a green space. Thank you. HENKEL: Thank you, Ms. Hall. Julia Moore? Right? MOORE: The process of elimination. Thank you for letting me have a few words. As was mentioned, I only found out about this a few days ago when Mrs. Hall mentioned it to me because I never got a letter. So, I tried to quickly read through this, and feel like I'm not quite as prepared as I would normally be had I had a little more time to consider it. But, again, my concern has to do with traffic and if, in essence, you have eight offices. Maybe you call them conference rooms, but you're gonna have people in and out of those places that need parking. And, regardless of what the signs say, people park on Waianuenue, and there's a lot of foot traffic from the hospital and the various medical services up there. So, all that parking would be a hazard for those people, and people parking across the street on Waianuenue would then be jaywalking across the street to get into this facility. And, so, that's a concern I have. Another concern is the right -turn thing. I mean, yes, it's gonna block traffic, but just because you put up a sign that says no left turn does not mean that people don't turn left. If you've ever been down by Hilo High School going down Waianuenue when school is out, you often have to sit there while people turn left even though the sign right there says no left turn. So, the location of that can be kind of a traffic hazard because there's the curve, and then you have people coming out and, you know, I just can't envision that it would be a good thing. I've lived there for 20 years, and I really appreciate the community and I feel that we have adequate office space available. There's lots of space Downtown that's for rent that I'm sure they'd love to fill up, so I fail to see the need for more office space. EXHIBIT B 10