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<br /> '02 02/05 TtTE 12:58 FAg 808 985 0550 Pahoa Home Video x{001/001 <br /> Athena P~rurl <br /> P.p~ mac SST, Pahi~;,. Wayueai'i 9678 <br /> l€onorable Mayor hIai~ iii ' ~ ~ ~ L' <br /> Piawai'i Coxinty <br /> 25 Aiapugii Stg'~t <br /> Hilo, 1°lae~i'i 96721 ; j . <br /> lte: Gateway Shopping Center <br /> l~car ldiayor ICim: <br /> I a~ writing this letter to urge you to veto the Gateway Shopping Center aka'I'he Shipxn~. Sxabxarbanization flan <br /> which will not ~xve die best interests of die people of this island for die following reasons: <br /> Traffic Study M_~ths <br /> T~espite all the anan~eanent coaasult~nt rhetoric regarding axxitid ixtnpaots to teak congestioo, history only <br /> proves that these siiadies always xxxiderestixxxat~ projected figures axed aro tfeerefox useless. Consider the areos~ <br /> recent Kaaneheeha School ant~tsection on I~Tighway 11 where the tratlfic flov~r is already three tiancs grater than <br /> the consultaait's traffic studies oa which the project was based. <br /> Tho aaaxrOw foc~.s of ~C Shipman traffic plan is deliberately rTaislcadixag. The Kcaau bypass, v~hicli gars supposed <br /> to tali®ve the K bottleneck during rash hours, leas proven to be ineffectaaal in smoothing trafl`iic flow betty <br /> lower Pia and Kilo. Lower lea residea'?ts ~lgeady deal ®vith rush hoxar bottlenecks all the v~y back to Parise <br /> Parkl The addition of the away Shoppan$ Ccrater will compound this problcrxx axiatay tixaxcs ®ver said appareaitly <br /> is considered beyond die responsibility of Shaptnan developers and State tra4~°ic agencies siaice it is ~t evert <br /> arieaitioned iaa the Shipariasa trio stiidiese `~lae Gate~may Sboppl' ~e~t~ w~ sh®ctly cre$t+~ ar~i ~gexxt n~cd <br /> ~'®r taxpayer fa~seds ~u;r-lame lil~rays all ~e way t®1Pah®a aid beyond. <br /> F~the~ore, ~ the Pxana Coast meeting this xrionth, Shipi~xa representatives braaeaiiy stated that this shopping <br /> center was intended inly for convenieaace rtiillc said ba~ead shoppers during rush hox~ tra~ac. T® cai~imit the <br /> Coummty to supa°t flee inilt~3trrsacflaare iffipa aaaai gsopaalatl®~ density gemme~~ ®vea~ a ne3t8 ten years mat <br /> '~rould be t by #lAi$ prro$eet for ~e s of c®nvexaieisct aBnoppbag is beyond #rdvolo~ attd boirde~ on <br /> ~~feasa~ces <br /> 'T`here is already a shopping cexttCi° ~ Kcaa~i said Shipman has access to all rho suxroundiaag land analog ~3' <br /> ixi3proveanent to the eaxastaxAl; shopping center quite siariple and rise addifl®n ®f a seipereflamoa~s s~onxl sh®ppa~g <br /> cater a lPU pr®fit driven parop®sa11 with ~o sod sosioeCO~®a~ie basis. <br /> In conclusion, citizens have bases very vocal about Dear opposition to the Gateway Shopping Center, Adaluate <br /> chaaages can nevex be rexade to the Cat~sray pleas, becaxxse flat 5hipanaag Stibttzbanization Project only serves <br /> corporate greed, 7`his project is detariffienl ~ e ~fraastreact~e and ~e socioeeon® wife€~ ®f the!~a~eat <br /> axx~j®~~ ®f c citizcixs wl$® ire h~re< 1Vl[~t iaxapor~xet, our gren~st resoxarce, the a~tue'al'b~8€ffy of amoral <br /> arm ®f ~awai'i xmel ~ big tht~ed lxg 'ill-c®ncteved plae€. <br /> Let xxs n®t forget the fate of old KeaaBa, a I~a~aian village transformed int atigly sxiburbaa juse like thousands of <br /> others on the aaiainland. Ironically the only vestige of old lC~u that does rerxaain is a c~ Dal pomait, that <br /> hangs oai rite ,malls of die Shipisiaei hoard Roovan. `T'he nostalgic picture is the Dal porkrait has sao~r been rcptaceci by <br /> a 1vlacDaaaalds, a i~'ikawiki gays station and acres of asphalt jaxst like the maixeland. <br /> At one with tlu Earth, <br /> Athena Peanut Gary S~farik Counay Council I~~ I - ~ <br /> Cbris Yuen, Planning Tampa. <br /> Cot~n.1~~ <br /> p'iie No. _ „ <br /> Re'. fio <br /> Ref. L,~~'cb~ ~ <br /> <br />