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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0619.011 1998-2000 P1PR-21-©0 D1 ]02 PM KF-ILEIF+LOHR C~RCHIII FgF<M yt3~ S~t~4 P.431 f 1 i March 15. 2(1Qt1 ' ~jl, ','~'„~L~~ ~L~. Counter of HAw11i' ~ - Hawu~~ i Counq~ Building Co'mh Council Attcnhorr, 1amc5 Y AraGaki. _ Chnirtnan. Haeai'i C~i~t+ty-Cdtmcil 25 Aupuni St Hilo. Hafttai'i 9G72u Sublcd Tc,umony for the March 22. 200u meeting at the Keaau Comnnmity Centcr In opposuron to the request +o model} the ~'olcunaKCS~au bypass mlcrsceUOn I ;,,u a }o-~c:u resident of Rma lOrehidland Estates) Mc wife and i would like t0 oppose the use of the inlcrsccnon aI the Volcano I lighua~ and the Keaau BcpasS to access the area north of that mtersecUOn for the follOt+ing raisons. There a nlreadp u complete crOSS intersection less than a mile at+ay (Ol the Keaau town Junction) tshich f5 used enough to rcgularh stop Volcano-bound trafTic A second intersation so close by would ante sane to slate down trufLe even mare and decrease the effcctit mess of the bypass D} pluciug the intersection ;d the bypass rather than u>ing the Keaau access in[ersoction. oou t+ould et7ccticclp be culling Keaau form o(Tto all Purc+-bound residents due to the earn time required to ecn one intersection. drive mauka to the nc~l interaction, tun. Icfl. make coot purchases and then rCturn to the Krfau btpass. 8}' using the existing Keaau intersection, n would take liule effort to dri~c fmm the proposed shopping carts r tc the existing Keaau shopping center and the rest of Kenau town N'c assun+c thin the Shipman Estate has sufficicnl land that they could mote their deeclopment closer to tLe Keaau interxaion if th+. drive back from thin interseelion acre seen to be n deterrent to shoppers going to the proposed shopr~ing r;Cntcr 1Vc don~l kno++ if the> plan to hate an access from Shipman Industrial Centcr but. ff so. this t+ill also ciao problems al the Shipman intcrsertior. We hehorC that this possibiGt~ should be cOnsidcrcd at pour March 22 mccung. as ++cll 14'hilc trc arc not Oppos<d to the ptOposcd J2 acre shopping ccmcr. we find it disappointing that bigger, bcUer shopping carters cOrninuc to be built further and further out of town scilh the result that c~isting Kloil ecnters arc abxndoneJ (Kaiko 0 Mall impacted downtown Hilo and the Hilo Shopping C'cnicr. Prince Kuhio practically ki'ICd Kaiko'o Mall and now the proposed marl will hate nc6atit~c effects on H+;o's czistutg businesses. 'rince Kuhio Plata and the N'aikea Centcr ns well as Keaau Shopping Lenten. degrading ~hc central city, While tre don~t oppnsc these pOtenltally disruptive economic aclicilics hoc strongl. support free entcrf rise). if concerti for c~lsting businesses were suf>lcient. sOmc of the disruptior could be amcl~ornted Thts is whc .ce made our second and fourth suggestions, abot'c Plcasc niakc copies of this •;tatcmcnt acailablc tc; flll wLo should have it. Thank you for }our time and considcrauon, ~ q T Robes G. Chase. PhD K E Anne Chase ~G-r~ ~Y~~ HCK I Bos 1782 Phone. '>82-6179 Keaau. Hl 96N9 Pnt. 982-52'.11 ~~t,~,~-e, P_.~t~ Comm. No.br9 •oi~ File No. ZNCn /Pn/ Rif. z•n: P PG xef. i~;rc~ MAR 2 1 2000