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Tim Gardner P.O. Box 141 Makawao, Hi. 96768 Telephone 808 572-2566 Fax 808 876-1623 Cell 808 283-4721 Email igardner®maui.nef n December 26, 2006 o i~ n-~ Ms. Emily Naeole, Member c- c, Hawaii County Council ~ 25 Aupuni St. Suite 209 Hilo, Hi. 96720 3 Re: Proposed Pahoa Self-Storage Bi11220Bi11221(Draft 2) _ First of all, a big Mahalo to you and your staff for your support of my request. I was very pleased to receive the support of your fellow council members from East Hawaii to bring my bills out of committee with a favorable recommendation. Ithought that it would be helpful to you and the other members of the council to receive a summary of my request for reclassification of my land and zoning to permit aself-storage facility. Back rg ound I first took up residency in the islands in 1961. I consider Hawaii to be my home. My only child was bom on Maui in 1981 and resides in Haiku. My goal is to be able to afford to retire and live out my days in Hawaii. I purchased the property with the intention of retiring to it within a few yeazs. It is the only property that I own. The pazcel consists of 3.3 acres currently zoned Ala and a 3 bedroom single family residence. After I purchased the property, the County announced plans to construct a fire station, police station and major pazk complex on the adjoining property. Due to the anticipated sound and light pollution, I concluded that this property would neither be suitable for habitation by me nor by others. I also Teamed that livestock would also have problems with the sirens. The soil is not suitable for crop cultivation. What is left? Looking over the list of permitted uses for Ala land, I see that I can subdivide the land into 3 parcels, each with a single family residence and possibly an additional farm dwelling. Each parcel would also be entitled to building permits and access over the existing driveway directly to the State highway for a wide variety of "agricultural" uses. County code section 25-5-72 lists Animal hospitals, campgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, cemeteries, dwellings, farm dwellings, manure based fertilizer yazds, kennels, group living facilities and livestock production, to name a few. If I were to subdivide this property and put up an animal hospital, a dog kennel and a bird farm on the three pazcels, I am sure you will agree that the impact on the neighborhood and on the traffic on the State highway of these permitted activities would be substantially more than envisioned by my request. What to do? A friend of mine offered to jointly develop aself-storage facility with me on my site if I could obtain the appropriate zoning. The vision is bom! SS Comm. Pres~N~ Ref. To: Ref. Dat