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<br /> Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Duane Ilstrup [dilstrup@msn.com] <br /> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 2:28 AM 1UU 1~ C-2 <br /> <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> ti <br /> Cc: dilstrup@msn.com LCGIJ~b~'` - <br /> Subject: Bill 251, Proposed Development of Kona Coffee Estates: "Connectivity" Issues <br /> <br /> Hawaii County Council Members: <br /> I have several major concerns about the proposed Kona Coffee Estates. I live in Malulani <br /> Gardens on Malulani Drive, which is privately owned and maintained by our homeowners <br /> association. Since construction on Malulani Gardens was completed, our neighborhood has <br /> become a safe and quiet place to live. Still, with about 120 homes, Malulani Drive has more than <br /> enough traffic, given that it is NARROWER than a county street. <br /> Kona Coffee Estates should NOT be permitted to use Malulani Drive past our homes for access <br /> to their development, nor should they be allowed to move their construction equipment across <br /> Malulani Drive in the upper level of Malulani Gardens: <br /> 1. Malulani Drive past our homes is too narrow to support more traffic. <br /> 2. Any increased traffic on Malulani Drive past our homes, either by construction equipment, our <br /> by residents of Kona Coffee Estates, would be a major safety hazzard. <br /> 3. Logic would dictate that access to Kona Coffee Estates should be from Palani Road, or from <br /> Henry Street, not through a neighborhood of 120 homes where many children and elderly <br /> individuals live. <br /> 4. Traffic on the Queens Highway outside Malulani Drive is already a nightmare. Providing access <br /> to even more traffic, and the resulting necessity of installing a new traffic light, would exacerbate <br /> an already unacceptable problem. <br /> I would like to remind the Council Members that the Developers of Kona Coffee Estates have <br /> already proven to be less that forthright with the council about the Salvation Army issue. Given <br /> that, I question whether you should now trust them with connectivity issues which could <br /> adversely affect the lives of so many existing homeowners and voters. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. <br /> <br /> DUANE M.ILSTRUP <br /> 75-260 MALULANI DRIVE <br /> KAILUA-KONA, HI 96740 <br /> (808) 329-1583 <br /> DILSTRUP@MSN_.COM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. Ho. <br /> Ref. To <br /> Ref. Date <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 11/6/2006 <br />