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From: Ruby Kadota
Sent: Monday,June 17, 2024 9:11 AM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Support for Resolution No. 543 24
To: Councilmember Holeka Goro Inaba, Chair and Presiding Officer
Councilmember Michelle M. Galimba, Vice Chair
Members of the Legislative Approvals and Acquisition Committee
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Time: 10:30 a.m. 9
Place: West Hawaii Civic Center _ -
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Building A
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Support for Resolution No. 543 24
I strongly support Resolution No. 543 24, which accepts the dedication of Kikau Place
and Kuahiwi Place, described as Roadway Lot 369, Pacific Heights Subdivision, Increment IV,
identified as Tax Map Key: 2-4-006:091, situated at Kukuau 1=, District of South Hilo, Island and
County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii, from HSC, Inc., a Hawaii corporation.
I am a homeowner in the Pacific Heights Subdivision, Increment IV (the "Subdivision"), which was
developed in approximately 1999 with the intention that.Kikau Place
and Kuahiwi Place "Roadway" be dedicated to Hawaii County. Unfortunately,
the punchlist items to complete the dedication were not done until recently, and hence the
Roadway has not been dedicated for 25 years.
As a result, the Subdivision has dealt with, among others, the following concerns:
:Uncertainty of maintenance and repair of the Roadway. •
:Uncertainty of potential liability to residents of the Subdivision.
Insufficient lighting due to streetlights not being turned on.
:Resulting public safety issues due to the insufficient lighting, such as a car jacking and
drug dealers using the neighborhood.
We are extremely grateful for Councilmember Kagawada helping to move this dedication
forward. We are thankful that after all these years, the developer has prepared a deed conveying
the Roadway to the County and the Department of Water Supply, the Planning Department and
the Department of Environmental Management have all inspected and approved the
Roadway. We fully support this Resolution, and ask that the County help make this Subdivision a
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safer and more livable neighborhood by finding that the acceptance of the Roadway is in the
public interest and adopting the Resolution.
Thank you for your consideration.
Ruby Kadota and Robert MacPherson
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