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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0400.157 2002-2004 . _ 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 Page 2 Chairman lamas Y. Arakaki September 7, 2004 I I' amount of affordable housing which u in dire critical coed? And do 1 also understand ha agreed to phase in the commercial poRion to better frt with Mayor Kim's proposed and d `oancurrsttcy policy'? Again this should be accelerated, not slowed down, F{owover h i3 ip theta. It seems to me that the project as originally presortted was pretty good in first it wolf d have a signifiraat positive effect on the traffic, but thm you throw in atl these tmheard of Condit ns that the developer agreed to! Wow! What s projectl I appreeiativoly applaud the Counci~ Or creating this exceptional 13311 d L 78, which provldos so many benefits for the community has taken great strides to mitigalo Community issues and ooncerrty. Another thought, With elf esc new and unprecedented condltlorts, woa't this set a new starxlard far e!1 fltture developm in the County and give the Council oven greeter power in future discussions with developers? 's substantially raises rho bar for other developers and will greatly banefrt the County of Ha 'i's future The berofirs sro far reaahirtg std long term. My hat fs off to the Council, you did gat job in putting this Bill together. Phase, let's follow it through with a suceasslW ovarrlde At the Hearing on the 15'",1 imagine then will be hundreds of people against the project they will bo loud and boisterous, just like the last Nme. 1 was there. I will give these few well organized groups credit fa their efforts, however, they are the vocal minority and their Hale u horribly flawed. Please do not listen to their broker record speeches and baseless r ' . If their only argtrmem is that this project will add thousands of cars daily to rho highway, they have no platform io stand on They are wrong! W a know this prgJoct will do just oho op ire This project u Cot uroating •tww' trafflo. f have nova met arryone who moved to Hawaii lies fn a shopping corder. Have you? New residentid Creates Haw trafliol The oars flat will the shopping Canter era afraody on the road, going to Kailas-Kona. Thu will change peopk'sl file patterns and provlda much needed reliefon flse roads. We seed t0 prwido shopping naare~ to where people 17ve. Thu u the most basic and eiomentary though when planning a cammt~ ity. Thom are thousands of Haw roaiderdial units that will be buih in the next 2-5 years„ whore {ill These thousands of `new' people shop? There are thousands of cars on the roads today art will be more in rho future w1Yb w wtrhaue this prajooL A four lane highway, bottlenecking, t Henry Street will have little etFact on rho traffic flow, The Mayo? should have asked the developer how soon he could have the shopping ootrta up, instead Of tying it W soma high y that may a may not bo buih and will have little effect on the traffic Howl Thu shopping c otar is the answer. It is our single best solution This shopping cerrtar combined with adding the f ur lane highway. eompleting the oomu>ctor roads throughout ICailun,KOna and greatly improv g our macs trarupottation system, would go a long ways to improving our situation rive in p'est' llawai?. Gentlemat, as a long time resldtrt trr Kona,1 ask that you stand strong, do the right thing ~ our commueity and veto to Override the Mayor's veto on September I Sa. Thank you, Sincerely, Richard Stumpf Z00/Z00'd 96Bt# SiNN~SQIHOHO 969LL88808 bE~ET b00Z.60'd3S