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From: Diane Logan
Sent: Sunday,June 2, 2024 7:02 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Oppose Bill 169, Kona Three LLC
Aloha,
Please consider OPPOSING Bill 169, Kona Three LLC.As a resident of Pualani Estates,this application
would have a significant negative impact on my neighborhood, my kids, and the community as a whole. It
is not increasing much needed affordable housing for residents and families, or addressing the traffic
and gridlock challenges or already overstretched public services. It is creating a for-profit vacation-
based area with extreme environmental and transportation costs to the surrounding communities.Their
recent attempt to circumvent the processes for a hearing is disgusting but not unexpected. Please refer
to the bullet points below and OPPOSE Bill 169.
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Kailua Kona, HI 9674077,
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• Prematurely sent to County Council under guise of a "90-day rule,"when 90 days have not
elapsed since the developer rescheduled, short-circuit the public process.
• Increased traffic gridlock for police,fire and medical emergency vehicles.There are no plans or
funding to widen Kuakini Highway at this time.
• 450 additional units'wastewater flowing into a treatment plant that is already oversubscribed.,
• Exacerbation of water restrictions and shortages, due to aging water wells that are frequently
offline. Kona continues to see the impacts of ongoing drought.
• No area-wide consideration of other major developments that are already approved for over 750
units in this immediate area.
• Safety issues to current housing with access through small neighborhood streets.
• Lack of adequate infrastructure—police,fire, schools
• Development is in a flood plain.There will be unavoidable impacts of runoff due to building and
permanent hardscape.
• Habitat destruction of endangered species, including Hawaiian hawks, owls, and bats.
• Developer has a history of multiple attempts to evade actually building affordable housing.Will
they contract with an expert in this area?
• Short-term vacation rental units are part of this project, incentivizing for-profit rather than
residential ownership. STVRs don't belong in neighborhoods.
Diane Logan,PhD,ABAP,CSAC,ICADC Comm. No. rqLf• 2
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