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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0250.000 1996-1998 RECEJY~ .y ttrne...12_µ._PA~1 sy ~ Count' Council . . - 4 DAY-LU M 2 KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE HILO, HI 98120 PROPERTIES 9U9.,606) 935.4,53 9U5. (609)935-0399 April 11, 1997 FAX,808J 961-2459 Mr. Jon Giffin Hawaii District Forestry and Wildlife Manager P.O. Box 4849 Hilo, HI 96720 RE: Kulaloa Community Association -Gate Installation across Kulaloa Road Easement Area (Land Office Deed No. S-2?680) Deaz Mr. Giffin: The Directors of Kulaloa Subdivision aze requesting that they be allowed to install a gate across the road easement azea at the entrance to their subdivision. Please try to understand their frustration that has lead to their request. On a daily basis, during the day and evenings, Kulaloa residents see individuals who have no business being there driving through the subdivision dumping rubbish along the way. Residents have called the police on numerous occasions, but the police response time is on an average of two hours. There have also been robberies during the day while residents are at work. Since Kulaloa Road is private, the association is responsible for maintaining its condition as well as the shoulders alongside it. There aze now signs of cars driving on the shoulders, causing ruts in the grass that make it difficult for the association to mow. The residents aze aware that hunters may hunt 1/2 hour before and after sunset. Since the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) is not policing the situation, there are hunters at all hours of the evening accessing the Waiakea Forest Reserve. Residents report that they hear gun shots being fired every so often during the evenings in the forest. On one occasion, a resident disposed of a pig's head that was left on the road near the entrance to the forest reserve. At the very top of the road, unwanted visitors leave condoms, needles, broken beer bottles, and trash which are cleaned up by the Kulaloa residents. Please consider this request, and let us know your thoughts on this matter. Mahalo! CO~~LDnWE~~LL BANKER DAY-LiTM PROPERTIES (~-~C ~Q~~oJ ~ Allison Labowski, CMMMCA Association Manager CC: James Y. Arakaki, Councilmember Enclosures 10. ~ O F91e loo. _ , ~TL`,~ ftrf. To: An Independently Owned and Operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates, Inc. Udte APR I ~ }997, ~ ~.~u. ~I~fl .E N 1?.'X ~~9 9 ~l3_T yip ~ ~~rl i BENJAMIN J. CAYETANO GOVERNOR OF HAWAII 9( ~ ApUACULTURE DEVELOPME Ni 4.\\ PROGRAM ~i`.~ ~ ~ i', aO VATIC RESOURCES CONSERVATION aN0 _NVIRONMENTAL AFGAIRS STATE OF HAWAII `-NEER°aTl°"°"° d E50 URCE5 ENFORCE MENi DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES `°"VEY"NGEs FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE Ref : LD-GA DIVISION OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND MANAGEMENT STATE PARR6 P.O BQX 93fi rVAicR ANO LAND DEVELOPM ENi H ILO, HAWAII 96121-0936 October 8, 1996 Ms. Allison Labowski Coldwell Banker Day-Lum Properties 2 Kamehameha Avenue Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Ms. Labowski: Subject: Rulaloa Community Association Request for Amendment to Grant of Easement (Land Office Deed No. 5-27680) to Allow Installation of a Gate Across Rulaloa Road Easement Area, Aaiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii By way of a letter, dated September 18, 1996, we advised you that the above-captioned request was referred to our Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) for review and comments since Kulaloa Road serves as an access to the Waiakea Forest Reserve. Based on DOFAW's review and recommendation on this matter, we are denying Kulaloa Community Association's request to amend the subject Grant of Easement (Land Office Deed No. 5-27680) in order to allow for the installation of a gate across the Kulaloa Road easement area. After considering all of the issues involved in this matter, the Department of Land and Natural Resources feels that public access to the Waiakea Forest Reserve should not be restricted or impeded in any form or manner. Should you have any questions with regards to this matter, please call our Hawaii District Land Management Branch Office at 974-6203. Very truly yours, ~l.~a_,___ ~ . ~J GLENN M. ABE Supervising Land Agent c: Hawaii Land Board Member Dean Y. Uchida, Land Division Administrator, with attachments Jon G. Giffin, Hawaii District Forestry and Wildlife Manager 4 DAY-LU M 2 KAMEHAMEHA AVENUE PR 0 PERTI ES HILO. HI 96]20 BUS. (505) 935-0153 BUS. (605)935-0399 FAX (858) 98L3059 September 11,1996 Department of Land & Natural Resources Land Division 75 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI. 96720 RE:• %U1~4LOA COMMUM7YASSOCIA770N Dear Sir(s): The Board of Directors of Kulaloa Commrnity Association (located in the Waiakea District) is requesting that the Grant of Easement #22039 betwew the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Kulaloa Community Associaticn be amended. In the Grant of Easement, Article 17 tcopy inclosed) states, "No gates, barttcades or the like shall be erected across the easement area.... " For many years hummers have bein parlang on the vacant lots illegally, ruining the common area frontage of individaal lots, to eater the State Forest Reserve which boarders the Kuhrloa Community Association. It is not only the hunters that aze disturbing the residinis, but there are also a lot ofteenagers who drive to the top of the culdesac to drink & party. Ahhough the residems in the irrunediate area have let the trespassers Imow that they aze disturbing them, dre parry goers aze now taking their vehicles into the State Forest Reserve. By doing so, they are endangering themselves and putting fire State in a very vulnerable position if an accident were to occur. The Board feels that Article 17 puts the public's needs ahead of the private owners. They are not protesting the public's access, they would just hire to have a gate erected across the easemect with only residents of fire subdivision having vehicle access. The public's access would not be prohibited, just the vehicles. A pedestrian gate way would be provided to the public. Please take our request into great consideration. If you have any questions, please contact me at 935-4152. lo, ` La skiC~~ r Association Manager CBDLP:KUL:jre Enclosure An Independently Owned and Operated Member of Caldwell Banker Residential Affiliates, Inc.