HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0692.003 2004-2006
4/19/06 Hawaii Council Meeting
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Good Morning.
My name is Daniel Medeiros and I speak today for myself and my
wife, Sara. She is n school teacher at Kenlakehe Elementary, and
couldn't be here today, although she would like to be here to ask
you in person to do the right thing.
I was born and raised on the Big Island. I have lived here all my
life. I've lived and worked in Kona for 35 years. Sara was raised
on Oahu. I'm retired now, and about 7 years ago, we bought a 5
acre parcel in Kaloko Mnuka. We've been farming for 6 years.
We bought our unit because we loved the forest and I wanted to
farm. When we bought the property, it was n 4-unit CPR nlrendy
and we went in with 3 other families to purchase it. We bought
the unit that had the house and there we finished raising our last
child. We want you to know, he's n Kealakehe high graduate now,
but not on the road anymore! He's serving in the U. 5. Marine
Corps and will be not home for a long time. So if this is about
traffic, that is one less person driving our car up and down Knloko
Drive...
I say this because we don't understand the impact on the traffic
that our conversion from CPR to subdivision makes. I thought
the county didn't want us to have n CPR? So the right thing to do
is to convert the CPR into a subdivision. If it's the money, it's our
understanding that the conversion should help fund that solution.
We wont to do the right thing. One of those is to support our
neighbors getting to build a house for them to live in with their
family. We nlrendy hove our house, we just think that they ?
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should be allowed to build a house for their family too. It's a
good thing for our families and a good thing for the forest.
We would like you to reconsider our rezoning request. We are
the only lot on our street and one of the very few left in Kaloko
Mauka that isn't a subdivision. Please do the right thing. Grant
our request.