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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> November 24, 2006 <br /> <br /> <br /> Subject: Support for Bill No. 309 (Amendment E-4) <br /> <br /> Aloha, <br /> <br /> For those of you who do not know me, I'm Gene Leslie and my partner, <br /> Richard Gouviea and I own and operate Flowers for Mama, a local floral <br /> shop located in Holualoa. We have been successful business owners for <br /> well over 20 years. I'm an active member of our Kona community and <br /> <br /> currently serve as president of Kuakini Hawaiian Civic Club. <br /> <br /> As a former Lai o Pua home owner and its community association's past <br /> president, I support Jacoby Development's plans fora mixed-use project <br /> on the lands makai of Queen Kaahumanu Highway. <br /> <br /> This is a good project. A project like this will provide our community with <br /> the ability to live close to where they work and play. Everyone talks about <br /> smart growth. This project is smart growth and is exactly what Kona has <br /> asking for, for a very long time. <br /> <br /> The Hawaiian Homes neighborhood of Lai o Pua will benefit from this <br /> project, not only economically through the commercial income which will <br /> eventually put Hawaiians onto land but also through job and recreational <br /> opportunities. And I don't mean common jobs either, but jobs with <br /> economic futures. <br /> <br /> Over the next decade, I will be proud to know that this innovative marina <br /> <br /> project helped defined Kona, secured its economic future and that our <br /> County government had the leadership to support a developer who is <br /> committed to environmentally sound projects. <br /> <br /> I ask you to support Planning Director Chris Yuen's General Plan Bill 309 <br /> and pass this bill. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> yene Comm. y <br /> Ref. To: ~rerlei flu. <br /> Les <br /> lie Ref. Date 6 <br /> President <br /> Kukini Hawaiian Civic Club <br />