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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0050.002 2022-2024 p/LAAc 15111 19. 0OMN,50 From: Rebecca Melendez Sent: Tuesday,January 24, 2023 12:17 PM To: Council Testimony Subject: Bill 12 testimony You are changing agricultural land to family homes and have you done any kind of reports on what is a safe population for Kona town due to it's infrastructure? Please read my petition and the comments below.This petition has 282 signatures so far. Thank you, W c ` . Rebecca Melendez N) -< https://www.change.org/p/help-locals-be-able-to-buy-affordable-homes?redirect=false - -L -.QC) Help Locals Be Able To Buy Affordabr }� • Homes We stand to keep the population on the Big Island in a place where all infrastructure and resources are safe and comfortable for the entire population, as well as locals, are able to buy affordable homes on the island before newcomers. Please go to BiglslandSupport.com to learn how to support the island. Can the Hawaii Planning Department put in a stipulation in all development applications that to build on The Big Island they must sell a high percentage of their homes to locals at an affordable rate first before selling to newcomers? This could help the local homes shortage as well as slow the increase in population. For example, a stipulation to be able to build and sell homes on The BigIsland would be they p must sell 50% of their homes to Hawaiian locals who have lived on the island for 10 years or more, 25% to regular locals who have lived on the island for 10 years or more and all at an affordable rate that is under $400,000, and sell 25% to newcomers at whatever rate they want. That is 75% of homes that developers build must be sold to locals in order to be approved to. build on the island. This would help the locals who have lived here for years be able to purchase a home before big investors, as well as help, slow down homes from becoming vacation rentals instead of family homes, and will help decrease the fast increase in population until the Planning Department Comm: No ' 1 :R � .lief.:Tim; `.. Ref Dame'° JAN 24., 2023 can know for sure that the island's infrastructure, as well as resources, can handle a serious increase in population. We also ask for an Environment Population Impact Report to be done on what would be a safe population for the Big Island due to the infrastructure of the island's roads, landfill, water, sewer... There are mostly only 2 lanes throughout the entire Big Island and some places where cars cannot pull over if an ambulance needs to get by. If the island's population keeps increasing there will be constant serious traffic and how will ambulances get by in emergencies? What if there is a tsunami and people need to get to higher ground? Will they be able to get to higher ground in time with increased traffic? The island's small road infrastructure isn't made for a high population. What is a safe population for the Big Island? The Environment population Impact Report can tell us. We ask this to be done. We ask for another hospital to be built, as well as a trauma center and dive chamber to be put on the island to accommodate all types of injuries before you allow more development to be approved. Unless you put in the stipulation in the application that developers must sell 75% of their homes to locals at an affordable rate. Alii Drive is only two lanes and right now there are two big developments in progress and at least three more applications to build more subdivisions on this one road. Can we see how this road handles all the new homes that are already in progress before we start building hundreds more on this road? We stand to stop more development on Alii Drive until the Environment Population Impact Report has been completed and then only if the stipulation that they must sell 75% of their homes to locals at an affordable rate is included in order to be approved to develop. What about parking? All of the Big Island towns have parking issues, especially during high tourist seasons and Ironman. With more subdivisions comes more cars and the island towns are already overcrowded with parking issues. How will parking Improve with more houses? Is the Hawaii Planning Department considering the parking issues? We ask for you to improve the parking issues before approving more development unless you put in the 75% homes to locals stipulation in the application. From what I've read there are 50,000 cesspools on The Big Island. Are these all upgraded to ensure they will not pollute the land and ocean? 2 3 We ask that all cesspools be upgraded to ensure safety for the ocean around the island. If you agree with this info, please sign this petition. i There are hundreds of new homes that have been approved and are currently being built right now. This petition states that we strongly OPPOSE approving more New Proposed Subdivisions Applications UNLESS Hawaii Planning puts in the stipulation that they must sell 75% of their homes to locals at an affordable rate that is under $400,000. This can slow down the increase in population so we can look at the island's resources and infrastructure to keep the Big Island safe for the people who already live here and give homes to locals. We Oppose these MK°s below unless they sell 75% of their homes to locals at under $400,000 a home. Stipulations to build on the island are possible! Tax Map Key 7-8-004: 059 & 060 size of property 1.3 Acres Tax Map Key: (3) 7-3-065:044 approx. 3.418 Acres Tax Map Key 7-8-010:077 size of property 74 Acers Keauhou area Tax Map Key 7-5-003:023 size of property 129 Acers Queen K Hwy area Tax Map Key 7-7-008:121 size of property 11 Acers Alii Drive area Tax Map Key 7-7-004:063 size of property 8 Acers Alii Drive area Tax Map Key 8-1-007:013 size 1.74 Acres Tax Map Key 8-1-008: 004 size 6.875 Acres Tax Map Key 7-9-007: 055 size 2 Acers Tax Map Key 7-5-017:040 Tax Map Key 7-5-019:049, 050,054 size 47.389 Acres Tax Map Key (3) 8-1-036: 001 & 002 size 54 Acres Tax Map Key 3-709-5-79 size 94 Acres Tax Map Key (3) 7-5-020:066 9.9 sq. ft 3 Tax Map Key (3) 7-5-018:071 size 3 Acres Tax Map Key 7-6-021:016 & 017 size 68 Acres Tax Map Key 7-6-008: 012 size 10 Acres Tax Map Key (3) 7-5-018: 095 Please let me know if you find more applications on the streets. They are big black and white signs on vacant lands that have Application Info and Tax Map Key numbers. Please email me the Tax Map Key numbers and I will add them to this petition. You can email me at savebigisland@gmail.com, thank you! Please go to bigislandsupport.com to learn how you can support more of the island. Please go to htt s:/ la i ,ha aiicou t . ov and click on General Plan & Community Planning then click on Stay Informed which is to the left. Get on their email list to know when their meetings are so you can attend and give your voice on developing the island. Thank you for your support! Reasons for signing See why other supporters are signing, why this petition is important to them, and share your reason for signing (this will mean a lot to the starter of the petition). Joanne A Martinez 3 we aca Big Island residents are impacted by all the high end development promoted by real estate business, the planning department and Mayor driving the high cost to live on the island beyond affordability. 4 Native Hawaiians r forced to leave their homeland replaced by wealthy mainlanders changing Native Hawaiian & local culture to include political views not favorable to long-established residents on Big Island. Hawaii County is becoming not much different than stateside culture. We are losing our uniqueness & delicate ecostructure is being damaged. . 0 Report R, !i Lauren Kamauu Dec 15,_2022 We need to be able to live here tool We shouldn't be priced out of our homes * 0 Report rig e Susan Collins 5 Dec 15, 2022 Local families are priced out of housing market. • 0 Report Annette Reyes Dec 1 , 2022 The laws should be that any residential property that is sold in Hawaii, must be sold to other residents that have lived here as full time residents for 5 consecutive years or more, immediately before the actual buying of the residence. Proof must be submitted including 5 years or more of their income taxes filed in Hawaii as full time residents. • 1 Report Pam Shultise Dec 14, 202.2 We need affordable housing! • 1 Report 6 I s i I s I f k f 'lf Jana Serion Dec 14_,_2022 Jana Serion . 0 Report f Kurt Faut Oct 2, 2022 Simply put, the traffic on Kamehameha III Road, should this project be completed, will be similar to that fronting Hulihe'e Palace and the pier. Tourists clamoring to swim and recreate on the bay, ride on the snorkel and fishing boats, and passing through to the Outrigger Keauhou Bay Hotel will irreversibly and negatively affect the peaceful nature of this gem of an ocean masterpiece. I am firmly against the construction of the through road from Ali'i Drive to the Hotel. . 0 i i I Report j I i Ana Chervenalk Jul 30, 2022 My home is becoming over populated . 0 Report ill ;R i i CM Simon Jul 20, 2022 1 care. . 0 Report 8 j i I 4 f �Iff i 3 4 I Tracy Gonsalves Jul 20, 2022 We are already overpopulated, our ecosystem is altered each time portions of this land is cleared to make way for another structure or roadway, this invites the outsiders of wealth to buy and continues to suppress locals and natives from living a basic or simple affordable life. This depletes and disrupts our beautiful historical hawai`i nei. • 0 Report ss Frank Rom Jul 19, 2022 Seems population growth is out pacing infrastructure development by too big a margin. • 0 Report 9 i i I i i I i i i i 0 Ann Eshabarr Jul 14. 2022 We need to build smart and affordable. We need to take great care with the important decisions being made. Infrastructure, roads, culturally significant land, and traffic are just a few of the things to consider. We need to move forward carefully. We must stop corruption. All money should... Read more . 0 Report f Peter Matlock Jul 14 2022 If all existing homes that are supposed to be hooked up to our sewer system were connected overnight, we'd already be over the capacity of the Kealakehe sewage treatment plant. We know the danger of getting into local waters with an open cut--infections take impossibly long to heal. Coral reefs and marine wildlife are suffering. Why are we making this problem worse? 10 . 0 i Report I g 4 fitt/� Protect 'Opihihale Ohana Jul 103.,202-2 Ua mau ke `ea o ka °aina i ka pono. • 0 Report Heidi Lee Jul 4. 2022 We don't need more housing unless we have enough natural resources .. and we need affordable housing not more second homes for people • 0 Report V M k v Ethan Olins Jun 2 ,2022 As it is there's not nearly enough infrastructure or decent shoreline access in Kona and BI in general. Aole. . 0 Report f Duane Nakano Jun 27. 2022 We need more affordable housing for locals.Yrn in the construction industry & all I see is lots being cleared to build for outsiders. . 0 Report 12 3 i I 3 i i L Carolyn Witcover Jun 26 2022 There is too much housing here owned by people who only live here for a few months each year! Meanwhile the locals suffer. 0 Report IIJAI G 1 r f• 5 is f' Karen Foster Jun 26, 2022 We already need infrastructure improvements. • 0 Report 13 1 i k t34 }I i f I=E nm I I Hanna Casagrande Jun 20, 2022 I'm signing because lots of locals family's as well as local family business are being kicked out of there long time generation or just starting businesses, and family can't afford to live in there own home in which they were planing on staying in forever to raise there kid let there kids raise there kids etc.. almost everyone is moving out to ocean view because it's the only thing we can afford due to lots being underpaid as an employee, so when can we ever win honestly, it's like we get this but you gotta do this how is that fair? I get we're the biggest island but not every haole has to live here vacationing is enough to make our system run, so please keep in mind to those who want to build and kick all current residents out who have been there for YEARS keep in mind that they have a family to care for and sometimes there's only ONE person who is able to work and provide for the whole entire house... be thoughtful don't ruin our lives and make us all homeless . 0 Report r-4 Mark Axelson Jun 26 2022 Markaxelson . 0 Report 14 i r '3 f T VazgueZ Jun 25, 2022 I would like Hawaii Island to NOT become like the island of OAHU! • 1 Report h Denise Smith Jun 25, 2022 The big island can not handle MORE VEHICLES MORE PEOPLE.. WITHOUT PROPER INFRASTRUCTURE!!!!! • 1 Report 15 i 3 i N$Pli'ma-' •il i s Aleksie Keske Jun 25, 2022 Hawaii belongs to Hawaiians NOT real estate agents. . 0 Report r Catherine Watson Jun 25, 2022 To save the big island don't want more people moving here . 0 Report 16 a 1 i 1 I I i bini easeey Jun 25,,_2022 I don't want Kona to become Honolulu . 0 Report Kittrena Morgan Jun 25. 2022 Enough is enough. Kailua Kona sewage seeping into the ocean for decades. All homes sold to people flocking in and no own who lives or born here, one white or blue collar workers can buy a home. I bought a house with a mortgage well over a decade ago and the price for a termite home trashed by tenants was $250,000. Now can be be sold for $700,000. Bizarre. . 0 Report 17 I I t i 4 k t I I t i [1 Lisa J Sims Jun 25, 2022 Growth in Kona has skyrocketed. Keep Kana a small town or there won't be any natural land left • 0 Report z Jan Holton Jun 25.202-2 I agree with the issues stated in the petition. . 0 Report 18 3 WIYR` n J �-1 N I I f Deni Alley Jun 2.2, 2022 Keep Hawai'i Island country! • 2 Report �Y Frederick Smith Jun 22, 2022 No new development until we update public infrastructure like roads and sewage. It's amazing how far out of control this has gotten already. • 1 19