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

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counts, yeah? And, so by them going all the way around, the time that they spend, that person, you know, life is real valuable so. Another concern I have is if they're gonna turn right from Kaumana into the, the, that place, what about the people in the community and our children walking down that sidewalk, and they're gonna turn right and the kids, they don't realize cars gonna turn into that place. And, a person driving going think I gotta hurry up because cars are in the back of me, and then, you know, what about our children? You know, they can get badly hurt or our kupunas. They cannot move fast and get out of the way. And another concern I have is the children of my family, the people turn around inside our driveway from since my grandfather guys was living there, and so if they miss the place, they might just turn around in our place, and our children is playing in their property so now then we're gonna have to close the gate and cage them up inside that property. And, when we come for pick them up, we're going cause more traffic because now we gotta park our truck right on the road to open the gate. And, so that's my concern about that area, and I'm here to support my brother and what he said and oppose the rezoning of that area. Thank you very much. HENKEL: Thank you, Mr. Bernabe. Next testifier, would you please state your name and where you reside? HALL: My name is Brenda Hall. I live at 25 Puu Hina. HENKEL: Thank you. Proceed. HALL: And, you received my letter. I do want to address a couple points that Zendo made. It is a unique property. I think it's kind of aI'm not going to say a junk lot, but, you know, there hasn't been a home on it. You received an application to change the zoning in 1990 which was denied for—and building at the same time. I think a home could be built on it with a buffer of a concrete wall, so I'm not saying it's a throw away lot, but Mr. Torrison purchased that in March and then he put it on the market the next month. And, he wasn't able to sell it, and then I received my letter in August, and then it was taken off the market in September. So, I'm not sure what the intention was when he bought the property. I certainly wasn't aware that we were being considered for a commercial rezone. When he mentioned that, the two-story building might be, look and feel residential, I'm, I would have to see a drawing of that to believe that he could make it look like that. All the cars which you just mentioned, if you're turning right into the property off Kaumana, if someone is behind you, you're blocking the intersection. You're in the stoplight which Mr. Ikeda mentioned earlier. So, if someone is stopping to try and turn in and there's some reason why they can't go into the property quickly, they'll be backed up into the intersection which I think is dangerous. EXHIBIT B 9