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. _ i C.-d'f S,-i J i I Richard Stumpf (;(:il~bi 73-1257 Melomelo Kailas-Kona, IfI September 7, 2004 i Tho Honorable James Y. Arakaici FA?C: 961-8912 Chsirrrcan, Hawaii County Council E-Mail: arnknklnin ae e 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 12E: 8lLL #178 / CLiFfd'S KONA COAST LLC SUPPORT TO OVERRIDE VETO Dear Mr. Arakaki and Council Members, i am a single father of two young boys living up Kaiminani Strew for the past 11 years, wh la working in a management capacity at a resort uP the coast I 'livo in ground zero of the c mess and it is a nightmare forme on those few days a week 1 have to drive to Kona for ho ping. I have no other choices I I am pleading for the Council's full support in overriding the Iwlayppis shortsighted veto on the Clifto's project T}re Council approved this Bill on August 4's vote of 6-2. I urge you to remember tho incredible qualities and opportunities this project b n m us blast Hawaii reaidonts and to maintain your firm stance to override this basclus veto. s erely hope that Mr. Tyler and Mr Reynolds realize why they too should support the override. Tha chopping center wad commercial portion of this project rosy be the Slagle best sot Lion to West }Yawaii's traffic issues, especially relating to the Quccn Ka'tthumanu,Highwa be~iveen the airport and Kailas-Kona. The concept and logic is so simple, it is brilliant!, Today arcs thousands of cars weekly, perhaps daily that marl drive into Kona from the North, to s p r literally alt their basic goods and scxvices. lrrhrally everylhdrrg! ! do! lust imagine w q is shopping center is built and all those thousands of people and cars no longer go imo Ko They stop six milts naY}r, shop, turn around and then go baclt home. The ;positive impact on ur ' quelitY of life would be tremendous. With thousands of less cars weekly going into Kai ua- ono from the north, just think of how less crowded downtown Kailua would be! Everybody n around Kailua benefits along with ALL the people who live north, all the way to [Vaiko oa Village! We arc talking about t>rausands and thousands of families, including mine! Councilman's Tyler and Reynolds, this project greatly and directly benefits your consul in and around Kona, i am one of them, please look hard at the opportunities it creates and p the override vote, Mr. Tyler, I believe you live up Kaiminani Street also? Sur'zly you s the diroct benefits and improved quality of lifethis project will bring you, Your family, ne;g, and community? A vote to override the veko would be the best ttdng you ever did for West Eta sit and would assure the beginning of the restoration of our quality of life, This project re ~cttts exceptional regional and community wide plarming! If 1 undwstand this correctly, soma of the conditions tho Council has imposed on the de o are unprecedenked and greatly beru~cial for the community. Is tho developer really got g create a permanent shoreline ~amem on his other parcel, the ocean hom one, so the p tic never has to worry about ik boing exploited, shutoff or destroyed? is ha really going to ro ide funds of up to $750,000 to pay for'the Highway Construction plans and jump start the pr j which may take several years off the process? !b he really going to provide twice the it OQ ~ ~S7 Comm. N Ref. To• f° Ref. Uate ~~~I Z00/L00'd 968I# SINN3IQIH~HO 96SLL88808 ~6~1£Z DOOZ.60'd3S