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FEB. I7, lave
DOMINIC YAGONG
COUNTY COUNCIL
23 AUPUNI ST.
HILO, HI. 4G~g9
DEAR COUNCILMAN,
REGARDING THE ISSUE OF PEDDLING A'P rA-1°I'G VALLEY LOOKOUT.
I MAT N'CAIN MY PREVIOUS POSITION OF :01'PORT'I NG TI(E BILL. WHICH
WOULD ADD WAIPI'0 VALLEY LOOKOUT POINT' Ar.l~ e.DJACENT COUNTS' ROAD TO
THE RESTRICTED LIST OF PEDDLING SITES.
WAIPI'O VALLEY LOOKOUT SHOULP RF. KEi CLEP.R OF ROADSIDE COMMER-
CIAL VENDORS WHICH ADD TO THE CONGESTIO~~ GI- THE AREA AND CREATE SAFETY
CONCERNS RESULTING FROM MORE PEDESTRIAN '~.'F t,[rIe 1N THE STREET ANn LE55
SPACE FOR PARKING. ALTHOUGH WITHOUT DOU B'l' D:pRE PARKING IS 17DEDED~ THE
AVAILABLE OPTIONS ARE LIMITED TO NON-EXIh: T.~, 1JT SINCE TH F. COUNTY DID
NOT PURCHASE THE TWO ADJACENT L079 S¢H E[( r~'i~'.LAE',LE• FIVEN THIS PACT,
EXISTING PARKING IS T00 PRECIOUS TO S'ACi?-~i"'(:E.
THE ARGUMENT THAT WAIPI'0 VALL E'i Ll'~"i'~('UT "NEEDS" THE VARi0ll5
SERVICES POTENTIALLY OFFERED PY PEDDLER F. 7.:~ UL'ESTIONABLE IN THAT ALL
THESE GOODS AND SERVICES EXIST IN COMMFil :'~iV.LY 7.ON EU 7,OCATION9 500 YDS.
AWAY WHERE PARKING AND OTHER ISSUES ARE` FG'u-,'I DEP F'0 R. THE ISSUE OF PUTTYNG
"ONE" SPECIFIC PEDDLER OUT OF DIJ5IN6S5 t;l NG': HE REALITY 'N THAT THERE
ARE M4N 1' OTHER POSSIRL F. LOCATIONS TU DC C S;: i¢ESS. THE PROBABILI TS' THAT
MANY MORE PEDDLERS WILL ESTABLISH THEMt: F-`"c:: P.7 WAIPI'0 IS A CONCERN TO
ME HAVING SEEN THIS OCCUR IN OTHER LOG'Ti:~"S; OP' SCENIC NOTORIETY IN
HAWAII WHICIi TOURISTS `JISIT.
MA[dY EFFORTS AND CHANGE6 HAVE AL•'Ei. :1; '!i lD MINIMIZE IMPACT ON wAIPi'O
VALLEY AND WAIPI'0 VALLEY LOOKOUT BY H~~.':'-. ,11,1, THE TOURS COD1E AND GO FROt1
THE TiPO BUSINESSES IN THE NEARBI' VILI,FO f. ' .C UI!UIHAELE, TH F.R F.FOR$ ELIMIN-
ATING USE OF THE LIMITED LOOKOUT PARAfPC ;',:il r,'ONOESTION•
AS AN OWN F,R OF ONE OF THE BUSINESS L'i' II KIJKUIHAELE AtJD Etf F'LOYER OF POUF
I WOULD APPRECTATE MORE SIGNAGE ON BLHf~i.I" ~~i` '!'HE VIT.i.AO F. AUSINESSES TO DI-
RECT PEOPLE THROUGH THE VILLAGE RATHER 'I ~.!I H'i-PASSING 7T ON THE STATE
HIGHWAY. THIS AGAIN WOULD AID IN REDUC1. bi',: '.':IE PARKING PROBLEP; AT THE LOOKOU1
P.O. Box 5070 • Kukuihzaa'le, ~!I>Iwril 96727
(808) 775.0"7;,t~
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COMMERCIAL 7,ONING IS CAREFULLY CDI<!`; PLL%U BY THE COUNTY, AND RIGHT- ~
FULLT SD SINCE ANY COMMERCIAL VENTURE IiV ?7; I;:°ACT AOTH NEGA'ITVF., AND
POSITIVE ON IT'S SURROUNDINGS. PEDDLING S7-F N.6 'fU BE A LOOP-HGLE IN THIS
ZONING PROCESS. AS SUGGESTED BY MR. RG': :a ~!~5, PERHAPS PF,DDLI74C PY)RMTTS
SHOULD BE LOCATION SPECIFIC... BUT UNTT~. 't IS ;MAJOR CHANCE COULD bE MAI>E, p
WORKING 1VI THIN THE EXTSTING STRUCTUf: F'., ~i'P'1S'f TH A'r wAIPI'0 v.4 LLEY W ~C
LOOKOUT POINT AND ADJACENT COUNTY RO A'% '~r~I Dili TO THE Rf'~STRiCTED i•I ST.
RESPECT ULLY SUBMITTED
G- C87.2i
ELISE AfASTRONARDO
wAIFI'O VALLEY RRThORKS
KUKOIHAELE, HI.