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<br /> P1PR-21-©0 D1 ]02 PM KF-ILEIF+LOHR C~RCHIII FgF<M yt3~ S~t~4 P.431 <br /> f <br /> 1 i <br /> March 15. 2(1Qt1 ' ~jl, ','~'„~L~~ ~L~. <br /> Counter of HAw11i' ~ - <br /> Hawu~~ i Counq~ Building Co'mh Council Attcnhorr, 1amc5 Y AraGaki. _ <br /> Chnirtnan. Haeai'i C~i~t+ty-Cdtmcil <br /> 25 Aupuni St <br /> Hilo. Hafttai'i 9G72u <br /> Sublcd Tc,umony for the March 22. 200u meeting at the Keaau Comnnmity Centcr <br /> In opposuron to the request +o model} the ~'olcunaKCS~au bypass mlcrsceUOn <br /> I ;,,u a }o-~c:u resident of Rma lOrehidland Estates) Mc wife and i would like t0 oppose the use of the <br /> inlcrsccnon aI the Volcano I lighua~ and the Keaau BcpasS to access the area north of that mtersecUOn for <br /> the follOt+ing raisons. <br /> There a nlreadp u complete crOSS intersection less than a mile at+ay (Ol the Keaau town Junction) tshich f5 <br /> used enough to rcgularh stop Volcano-bound trafTic A second intersation so close by would ante sane <br /> to slate down trufLe even mare and decrease the effcctit mess of the bypass <br /> D} pluciug the intersection ;d the bypass rather than u>ing the Keaau access in[ersoction. oou t+ould <br /> et7ccticclp be culling Keaau form o(Tto all Purc+-bound residents due to the earn time required to ecn one <br /> intersection. drive mauka to the nc~l interaction, tun. Icfl. make coot purchases and then rCturn to the <br /> Krfau btpass. 8}' using the existing Keaau intersection, n would take liule effort to dri~c fmm the <br /> proposed shopping carts r tc the existing Keaau shopping center and the rest of Kenau town <br /> N'c assun+c thin the Shipman Estate has sufficicnl land that they could mote their deeclopment closer to <br /> tLe Keaau interxaion if th+. drive back from thin interseelion acre seen to be n deterrent to shoppers <br /> going to the proposed shopr~ing r;Cntcr <br /> 1Vc don~l kno++ if the> plan to hate an access from Shipman Industrial Centcr but. ff so. this t+ill also <br /> ciao problems al the Shipman intcrsertior. We hehorC that this possibiGt~ should be cOnsidcrcd at pour <br /> March 22 mccung. as ++cll <br /> 14'hilc trc arc not Oppos<d to the ptOposcd J2 acre shopping ccmcr. we find it disappointing that bigger, <br /> bcUer shopping carters cOrninuc to be built further and further out of town scilh the result that c~isting <br /> Kloil ecnters arc abxndoneJ (Kaiko 0 Mall impacted downtown Hilo and the Hilo Shopping C'cnicr. <br /> Prince Kuhio practically ki'ICd Kaiko'o Mall and now the proposed marl will hate nc6atit~c effects on <br /> H+;o's czistutg businesses. 'rince Kuhio Plata and the N'aikea Centcr ns well as Keaau Shopping Lenten. <br /> degrading ~hc central city, While tre don~t oppnsc these pOtenltally disruptive economic aclicilics hoc <br /> strongl. support free entcrf rise). if concerti for c~lsting businesses were suf>lcient. sOmc of the disruptior <br /> could be amcl~ornted Thts is whc .ce made our second and fourth suggestions, abot'c <br /> Plcasc niakc copies of this •;tatcmcnt acailablc tc; flll wLo should have it. Thank you for }our time and <br /> considcrauon, ~ q T <br /> Robes G. Chase. PhD K E Anne Chase ~G-r~ ~Y~~ <br /> HCK I Bos 1782 Phone. '>82-6179 <br /> Keaau. Hl 96N9 Pnt. 982-52'.11 <br /> ~~t,~,~-e, P_.~t~ <br /> Comm. No.br9 •oi~ <br /> File No. ZNCn /Pn/ <br /> Rif. z•n: P PG <br /> xef. i~;rc~ MAR 2 1 2000 <br /> <br />