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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0953.001 2004-2006 From: Hugh R. Grossman To: COH Planning Committee MemlDah: 7/281106 Time: 14:52:06 Page i of 3 FAX TO Planning Committee 7/28/2006 County of Hawaii 961-8912 Page 1/3 Reference Bill #305 Communication 4953 Planning Committee Meeting 7/31/2006 FROM Pat Grossman PO Box 704, Hilo, HI 96721 732 and 728 Kalanikoa Street, Hilo, HI 96720 SUBJECT Opposition to Rezoning Request TMK: 2-2-36: 60,102, 103 Dear Planning Committee members, The concerns expressed in a fax sent to the Planning Department on March 19 (p.3), discussed in a call from Norman Higashi on April 11, and shared with members of the Planning Commission members April 30 (p.2), remain the same today. -Approximately 136 individuals will be added to the neighborhood if all 34 units are completed as planned. -The units will be in the middle of the block, not at the end of the street (Lanikaula) where the additional traffic might be better accommodated. -The proposed apartment structures will be bounded by private residences on all sides. -Planning Department staff will not require the developers to put up a six-foot chain link fence around the perimeters to mitigate egress by children and pets. The County recently featured an online article about the merits of mixed use in planning for development in the long term. No one disputes the value of best use practices in developing our land resources. This project as planned, is likely to produce day to day impacts on traffic and quality of life. And, from this perspective, these are not best use results. On Friday, May 5, four out of the five Planning Commission members rejected the re- zoning request. I oppose the request and the project as proposed. Please do not grant the petitioners RS-10 to RM-2.5 rezoning request. Thank you. /s/ Pat Grossman t~,n r c r - rV CID 'L7 Comm. No. 'r:' ro Ref. Toi Ref. Date JUL j ll''~ii From: Hugh R. Grossman To: COH Planning Committee MemlDale: 7/28/106 Time: 14:52:58 Page 2 of 3 Page 2/3 MEMO TO COH Planning Commission 4/30/2006 County Building, Rm 201 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, HI 96720 FROM Pat Grossman PO Box 704, Hilo, HI 96721 732 and 728 Kalanikoa Street, Hilo, HI 96720 SUBJECT Opposition to Rezoning Request TMK: 2-2-36: 60, 102, 103 Good morning Planning Commission members. The concerns expressed in a fax sent to the Planning Department on March 19, 2006 (page 2) were discussed in a call from Norman Higashi on April 11, 2006. Based on that conversation, it is my understanding Planning Department staff will not oppose the rezoning request nor recommend to the Commission that a six-foot chain link fence be erected around the perimeter of each of the proposed apartment structures. If this request is approved and developed as planned, a large number of individuals, children, pets and automobiles will be added to a setting surrounded by single family homes. I oppose the request and the project as proposed. Please do not grant the petitioners RS-10 to RM-2.5 rezoning request. Thank you. /s/ Patricia D. Grossman From: Hugh R. Grossman To: CON Planning Committee MemlDate: 7/28/105 Time: 14:53:37 Page 3 of 3 Page 3/3 Fax To Hawaii County Planning Department 3/19/2006 961-8742 From Pat Grossman < pgrossma@hawaii.edu > 732 and 728 Kalanikoa Street, Hilo, HI 96720 Subject Questions About Rezoning Request (RS-10 to RM-2.5) Applicants: Ivan Mochida and Les Aburamen TMK: 2-2-36: 60, 102, 103 Good morning, Just wondering if the density of this proposed project is too high for the location. (1) Approximately 136 individuals will be added to the neighborhood if all 34 units are completed as planned. (2) The units will be in the middle of the block, not at the end of the street (Lanikaula) where the added noise and additional traffic might be better accommodated. Since the proposed apartment structures will be in the middle of the block, and bounded by private residences, is it possible for the Planning Department to require the developers to put up a six-foot chain link fence around the perimeters to mitigate egress by children and pets? If these units will be sold in fee, are the developers responsible/required to state their policies about the use and storage of pesticides and herbicides on the properties to each of the buyers? Will this information be made available to the public? If the developers will retain ownership and rent the properties, will a resident manager be hired? Will this information be made available to the public? If these concems/questions should to be sent to another department, please let me know. Thanks.