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Dr. Theodore Leaf
Diane Stone
PO Box 45
Kailua Kona, HI.96740
808.326-1953
ted al~hawaitantel.net, 2008
January 7~, 2009
RE: La'ipala Makai, Bill 317 and Bill 322
Chairman Ikeda and members of the Hawaii County Counal
I am submitting written testimony in support of the La'ipala Makai project proposed to be developed in
Kailua-Kona.
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While I acknowledge that an additional 65single-family homes will somewhat impact the existing traffic
situation in Kona, the overall proposal and design of La'ipala Makai will benefit our community, which is
why I am supporting this project. Furthermore, the owners are working on securing a second aaess point
to the project, which will be a condition of approval, and help ease the traffic situation in the area.
La'ipala Makai is the first LEED (Leadership is Energy and Environmental Design) ND (Neighborhood
Design) registered private residential project in Hawaii County. What an example for all to follow! The LEED
design of this project will, for one, reduce overall water consumption by approximately 30°k per unit. Our
community will certainly benefit and we should encourage more projects to follow this prototype,
La'ipala Makai is also an infili project that is designed to connect with other communities, resulting in
alternatives in traffic flow. The county has already planned for this connectivity, as there are existing road
stubs at Naniloa Street into the Project. Without this project, roads will end, or remain, in cul-de•sacs,
forcing cars onto existing main arterials such as Ali'i Drive in order to get from one neighborhood to
another.
The folks proposing La'ipala Makai have taken great care to help preserve the culture of the area by
retaining a Cultural Advisory Committee of lineal descendants and cultural practitioners. The group has
also been working with the community for over a year and has been very responsive to their concerns by
implementing some suggestions into their plans.
If we are going to have development in Kona, then it should be of the quality of La'ipala Makai.
Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony.
Respectfully submitted,
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