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FEH-21-01 03:33 PM GERI MORISKY 808 966 7887 P. 01
James R McEusn
G - , ~ HCR 2 Box 9868
- - Ksa'eu, Hawau 96749
'O1 FC_~ 2 ~ Pfd 3 ~1 ~-7887
WRITTEN T~TIMONY;FQR COUNTY COUNCIL AAEETINO ON FEB. 2Z, 2t~1
RE Bi Drotf3 - St•rij5irign eppiication for Zoning Change - Kea'au Gateway Prote~:~
Dear Chairperson A?ikakr and Council Members
I am a roaldent of Hawa~lan Paradise Park and would like to state my ont~rtion to the
~~evwv ~f+ooorna Center dro~esi~n_Kea'eu as oroooaed by the W H.. roman. Ltd for
the follownng reasons
t jjra me r tenants for the ~gppna canter--a suowmarkat. hardware {tQrE
and fast food outlet-will merely duolirate bualriesasa already in tag rrearbv Kea,a,.,
Cool ,enter. Many Kea'au merchants are already faced with declining revenue:
since the Opening of tl» Kaa'au 8ypasa As ouch, how can there be aurrcient demra
~o support a duplicate ahopp'irrp canter next door? And aktce the proposed shoppmQ
±ente• is not part of a comprehenaiw plan to establish a balanced comrrierc~al coal
Kea'au for the lane-term, it will only serve t0 oontpste direCdy with fate Kee'au Shoppin•~
Center rather than Complement It This could quickly lead to tM demise of existing
Kes'au merchants, with the result Of unsightly, vecaM storefronts and err eyesore
suburban blight
~ The orooosad IoaUon of the Qatewav 5 ipo Canty will create aarww tratt~4
conde}~,Qn. dimmrshirig Qte value of tlu Ket'aL Bvness far fll0usanda of dryers m Ipwe~
Puna. as well sa craatina sianMcan~ delws fgLliQ~ Plrre residents A shopping
rsnie• of this magnitude with the tcaa'au Bypass stoplight as one of the major poirt~ : I
rngroas/egrs>os will crate significant traffic delays far anyone using Mghway m ri;~c
area Adequate access end drwlation roads for commercial developments ere
~ntpor"ant but not et the expanse of disrupting mapr transportation corridors
The orolwsed shgppjr,~p canter is red Dart of env larger Comm ni a that
thQrQ~iv sddraaaes the aurant andilm,n needs o~,nstdanls Q(sither Kaa au Qwn q~
the Puna district Aa the faatsat growing dratrid on tM Big laland Puna ra perpen ra~ly
undeserved In rorrris of oOmrrWrcial, kldtretrial and Community services and foul lies
We know that continued rapid growth m Pufta is Irtevltable. given the existing
sutxiivisions already lr place However, without being part of wabls long-range
cr~mm~mily plena end wsions that ors created out of en honest cdlaboration betwetu+
residents, povsmment end twstnass, devebpments such as this create more problems
they lheY solve A "build it and they will come" approach does not addross tong-term
sohNtona that word for all d ue, let's rxeate the plane first and then build accordingly
ask you t0 pleaso consider the above information and NOT approve this protect urn
tree above issues have been sddrosssd end resolved to the satisfaction of our
rr ~nmunlty Thp itArtre of Kea'su town, the Puree dlstnet and tho whn4 island im
+~portentr
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