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Date: 18Aprp6
From: Joe Belisarrio /~p'~~~
Attn: Hawaii County•Ccruncil
Re: Bill Nos. s:26 and 2;
7
Distinguished ladies and Gentlemen,
t am arritlnl; finis ieitter in s,~p row ~ of bill nurnq•=rs i:2fi a'r 22~~ . E! a [w •nty plu. s+ear
self emplo'yr~c tusiness erwner and .ssld~e,~t e( Ka lua.:<ona i have ware to i our liu.le toorr gnow
and prosper, hr the earlier }ears rents were n asocabLr ar~d a r,;.IlaL e. Fieme purch~a e
pricing was affoniable. As the i ev;C~ib'e mErha lies lA 'supl,l;/ I~rd G n'aod" n~igrled ils
effects upon our rommunity thr.. sufgry tlwindlec and derr:and h ~s fort ~r our 9ocat average
worker out of the real estate market.. ?s in a al trcrrtmrr{ e;or rnir'?~ ;r s++th is :?art O~' I a"1: ,f
life and with underestimatE~d foresight we novv f ttl C.ir c °rnnwr ity in :r,'tlt.a rt !hortas;e o
infrastructure, trunty and State seen:e-s and Hr Isinc,.
!t is my opinion that the avsMr.rg,worker does nut make enough ncome io effort the
most modest os homes on the small<tsl o" land parceii in the Ka'll.a Kcn? area.. The ens ~rer
some say is to iwrchase and build dovm south. But the 'eality r that .he c omm ae tai:4 and
forth to Kailua negates the worker fram working in Kailua due ro the rl:riour, tistance and
road condition_
"fhe ar~,urnent Chat any nest'' d;w~°Popmant w+,att:d hee an a :Ided s r_r ,iu tr ~ a tee dy st -ain~>d
infrastructure systerx I feet is m'sle,ccin when it c+.n ci truly sffo~ ~ "al r~ h~uus+ng ii Iu il~,a,
The peoples wt,o ,vould laerretit fren7 ;v,:~l a project era elready here. T rein children art znd our
school and use are public facilities lh<r, drive their =ors here r n~ to is f n the bu~p~,r :o
bumper traffic to and from work, Ire:+eve that coupl+ well :dace tf erdaale housirli
developrnenis vva~ld and could held a'.le slate ;,orne n' ttr: cu=re t trot is r:;n<,es `on pro ••.e°rrs
we endure here k ailua.
I've raised tl~,ree da~ugh,terr, rc i~ n Kallua 'Ft~e,r ~~ave r ~cvec av ~i,, z, c ildr^n < o tern.
there is a part ~.f me~ that would Bk~::~ I Ito i ~ to return r d <^n~n a ~ ne : el Inc er the c ~rnant
conditions o' h<wsing av.ailabiGty a.,d r:c s_ iney vroulc ix d: have h s uF':ic n .:c co,rie horn-.
Therefore i supaart Bills nwmbered %76.1nd 21.7 and zsk tFre ment~ers rf t~-rs lis+insuisne d
coundl for your support as well.
Since ~y~ ~
Joe
K ua Kona Res.idznt Q
Comm. No. ~
Ref. To~r^~
Reif. Date