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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0555.002 2010-2012 Pi PC Bill Mt<155L7 SAM COOPER PO BOX 7730 HILO, HAWAII 96720 PHONE/FAX 808-969-6833 E-MAIL SAMMCOOPEROHAWAIIANTEL.NET CD Hawaii County Council Mr. Dennis (Fresh) Onishi District 4 -.7 -_*� V _s February 2, 2012 Aloha Mr. Onishi, This letter is in regards to the change of zone application (REZ 11-000147). The application should be denied due to these concerns: 1. Traffic safety. There is not enough parking for the density of the project. There is no on street parking. The driveway is unsafe in times of heavy traffic to have two cars enter and exit at the same time due to the location of driveway. There is a rock wall on one side and a guard rail on the other side. The driveway cannot be located at another location due to the guard rail. Illegal parking would occur from the project. I would not be able to see out of my driveway creating a major safety issue. A traffic light should be installed for safety reasons. The traffic light may reduce the traffic congestion at Puainako and Kino'ole intersection and the Kawili and Kino'ole intersection during peak traffic hours. 2. Drainage and flooding issues. In 2008 roadside improvements were made (Federal Aid Project #STP0100(059) drainage issues occurred after completion of the project. Water did not drain from the affected area which comprised my property and the proposed property to be rezoned. Water did not drain from the affected areas for over 4 months. The property is located in the new FEMA flood zone. Even with a dry well or wells drainage system being installed on the project property, my property would flood from the water table rising during periods of heavy rain and flooding as the project property would be covered in concrete and asphalt except for a very small set back areas. The project property does not drain overland into gutters and drains.The project property drains into my Comm. No sS5• Z Ref.To: ry� 2012 Ref. Dote F yard in time in times of heavy rain and flooding. There is a dry well on Kino'ole street. This dry well has no effect on the project property. Regarding the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Service type. This report covers very large areas so it is broad in its scope and may not reflect the soil strata on the project property. After viewing the Kino'ole street project I saw how sensitive the soil strata is to grubbing. 3. Noise and nuisance will be great from the project affecting the neighborhood. There is no ambient noise generated from the project property as it is vacant. Ambient noise levels will be high from this project. Nuisance will be great. Police calls to the proposed property will be great. 4. Properties located next to the proposed project property will have their property value decrease and it will be harder to sell the properties. 5. The scope and density of the project is too great for the site. Mahalo, Sam Cooper ( _ Y OF ky (. ,p.. ty yy,• William P. Kenai �,k . Harry S. Kuboyiei `� Police Chief 9TP"==- Paul K.Ferreira -- l)ef;un Police C'hiel County of Hawei POLICE DEPARTMENT 349 Kapiolani Street • Hilo,Hatcai'i 96730-3998 . (808)935-3311 • Fax(808)961-8865 November 7, 2011 TO : BJ LEIT AD T, ANNING DIRECTOR FROM : HNR . TAVARE , J ., ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF AREA PERATIO S SUBJECT: CHAN E OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 11-000147) APPLICANT: THOMAS WINEGAR AND SUSAN FURCHGOTT REQUEST: RS-10 TO RM-3; TMK: 2-2-038:017 • Staff, upon reviewing the provided documents and visiting the location, has the following concerns. The location of this development is surrounded by single family residential homes across the street and on both sides of the complex. There is the likelihood that this complex will generate police nuisance calls such as loud party and loud noise complaints affecting the quality of life of residents living nearby. The roadway has one lane for traffic in each direction and traffic in this area is constant with high traffic flow during the morning and afternoon hours. The parking area in the preliminary site plan identifies over 20 vehicle parking stalls. The plan calls for 14 three-bedroom apartments to provide housing for University of Hawaii-Hilo students. If this complex is built, it will have the potential to house more than 42 students without providing sufficient parking. Once again, the increase in population density will affect traffic and quality of life for nearby residents and may increase police calls for service to this area. Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to comment. If you have any questions, please contact S. Hilo Patrol District commander, Captain Robert Wagner, at 961-2214. RW:Ili 110717 • 07522 "I Ia vai`i County is an iiyual Opportunit■ Provider and Employer" (f DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS COUNTY OF HAWAII HILO, HAWAII DATE: November 23, 2011 Weilitt0441444410 TO: BJ Leithead Todd, Planning Director FROM: 474,Depa ment of Public Works SUBJECT: CHANGE OF ZONE APPLICATION (REZ 11-000147) Applicants: Thomas Winegar and Susan Furchgott Request: RS-10 to RM-3 Tax Map Key: 2-2-38: 017 'a"' We have reviewed the subject application forwarded by your memo dated October 24, 2011 and offer the following comments for your consideration. All development-generated runoff shall be disposed of on site and not directed toward any adjacent properties. A drainage study shall be prepared and the recommended drainage system shall be constructed meeting the approval of the Department of Public Works. The subject parcel is in an area designated as Zone X on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Zone X is an area determined to be outside the 500-year floodplain. All earthwork activity, including grading and grubbing,shall conform to Chapter 10, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, of the Hawaii County Code. The Zoning Map classifies Kinoole Street as a secondary arterial. It has an existing right- of-way width of 55 feet fronting the subject parcel. The driveway connection to Kinoole Street shall conform to Chapter 22, County Streets, of the Hawaii County Code. Install streetlights and traffic control devices as may be required by the Traffic Division, Department of Public Works. The applicant shall be responsible for the design, purchase, and installation of such devices. Questions may be referred to Kelly Gomes at ext. 8327. 0 5 0 County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer SAM COOPER PO BOX 7730 HILO,HAWAII 96720 PHONE/FAX(808)-969-6833 E-MAIL sannmcooperiaThav°a€arr u�Fi. 12-29-08 Aloha Allen Simeon; This letter is regarding my yard flooding due to the South Hilo Road Improvements Kinoole Street (Job #P3398). After this weekends heavy rain fall I was able to see how my yard drains. There is very little drainage. Due to the construction the natural drainage has stopped due to a soil strata interphase. I feel you have built a road in my yard. I feel this drainage problem can be easily solved by digging out all of the soil and rock that was dug out to install the wall on my property well below the compacted fill grade of the wall. • After removing all of the fill in my yard a hammer drill should drill and loosen the existing strata. Then the area should be filled with water from a water truck or from natural rainfall if there is enough rainfall to see if the strata will perculate and drain. I would then put in a few feet of drain rock and fill with top soil. Please remove all material from my yard 2 ft below the concrete footing of the retaining wall. This work should take care of the problem. Allen when we first spoke about this job you wanted to raise the level of my yard to lessen the cost of the job. I said no because drainage problems could occur. Thank you for your help in this matter. Sam Cooper William P.Kenoi \ :. Warren H.W. Lee Mayor Director • ' KC'MCFi r\` William T.Takaba • .. ,Oi. Managing Director Count of Paiiini`i DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 7•Hilo,Hawaii 96720-4224 (808)961-8321 •Fax(808)961-8630 www.co.hawaii.hi.us January 7, 2009 MR SAM COOPER AND MS GLORIA CLAIRE COOPER OWNERS 1605 KINOOLE STREET HILO HI 96720 SUBJECT: ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR VARIOUS SOUTH HILO ROADS FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. STP-0100(059) TMK: 2-2-038:018 PONDING FRONTING OF PROPERTY Thank you for meeting with us yesterday. As we agreed with you on our site visit,the construction area fronting your property above, approximately bounded by the new retaining wall, undisturbed lawn area and the adjacent Chong lot (TMK: 2-2-038:017)will be excavated down approximately two to three feet in depth to the rock layer. To minimize disturbance and undermining of the new retaining wall,the excavation shall not be less than two feet from the wall. The excavated area will be backfilled with black cinder soil landscape mix from Sanford's Service Center Inc. The finish grade of the backfill shall provide a positive drainage from the wall to the existing lawn. It was also agreed that the extent of the above work shall be the only work the County will provide for the above issue. You will not be afforded any additional work from the County to mitigate this issue in the future. As explained, after the project is completed,the existing runoff onto your property and in the area will be improved due to the construction of the swale and drywell. However, during heavy storm events or in cases where the runoff is more than the capacity of the drywell,the overflow runoff will flow similar to pre-project condition including possible runoff flow onto your driveway and low lying areas. The above work will be done by the County or its Contractor. If you agree, kindly signify your acceptance and concurrence of the above by signing in the space provided below by Friday,January 9, 2009. We request to call us when the signed original is ready to be picked-up. A copy is included for your files. We greatly appreciate your cooperation and for working with us in the construction of this project. Should you have any questions, please call Allan Simeon at 961-8925. W t GALEN M. KUBA, Chief Engineering Division AGS `a NCUR: �� G DO NOT CONCUR: Si. ature(s) Date Signature(s) Date P-3398-2-2-38-18.wpd County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. SAM COOPER PO BOX 7730 HILO,HAWAII 96720 PHONE/FAX(808)-969-6833 E-MAIL sammcooper @hawaiiantel.net March 8,2009 Mr. Galen M. Kuba Chief Engineer County of Hawaii Department of Public Works County of Hawaii Regarding my property at 1605 Kinoole St(TMK2-2-038:018). The area of my property that was damaged during the Roadside Improvement#STP0100(059) has not yet been restored to the existing condition the property was in before the project began. When re-installing my fence I ran string lines to find the property line. I found that my property is still 12 to 18 inches lower than it was before construction started. I was told by Alan Simeon and various staff from Isemoto Contracting including Jason that the last phase of the project was to bring in good soil and place the soil at the bottom of the retaining wall weep hole and would be graded from said wall to the existing land area.Thus the soil would be graded to give positive drainage from the wall into my yard. To date the job is not complete.The soil was never placed to the bottom of the weep holes. It was placed 6 inches plus under the weep holes.This is one reason why my yard is 12-18 inches lower.When you purchased the 5 feet of property that also changed the topography. Perhaps that 5 ft was not taken into consideration when the project was engineered.The fact you shot your elevations without first grubbing the Chong property also is a factor. During the excavation phase to try to correct the damage to my property I took some measurements to see how much material was needed.9-10 truckloads(Black cinder soil mix)from Sanford were required.To date 3 loads were delivered to my property. Sink holes are now occurring in my yard. I also noticed a lot of pre-existing soil was mixed in with the cinder soil mix that was put in the construction area of my property. My request is for 3 more truckloads of material from Sanford rather than 6 more truckloads of material from Sanford since my fence is up and trees are planted. Please contact me to set up an on site meeting.Thank you for the work to date. Sincerely, Sam Cooper cc:Alan Simeon • SAM COOPER PO BOX 7730 HILO,HAWAII 96720 PHONE/FAX(808)-969-6833 E-MAIL sammcooperCc�hawaiiantei.net March 12,2009 Mr.Galen M. Kuba Chief Engineer County Of Hawaii Department Of Public Works County Of Hawaii Regarding safety and liability issues at my property(TMK-2-038:18). I spoke with Mr.Simeon about installing No Parking signs(vehicle will be towed)in front of the Road side Improvement #STP0100(059).Mr.Simeon also informed me that no parking strips would be painted on the road side between the Chong property driveway to my drive way.I am requesting this work be done because when vehides are parked on the road shoulder by the guard rail,the line of sight is gone turning left out of my drive way toward Puainako Street.This is a major liability if am involved in an automobile accident.Please have Mr.Simeon contact me with the contact information for the State Dept.of Transportation regarding my road side request.I understand how busy you are with all of these road side improvement projects. Regarding safety and liability in my yard.I am requesting 3 more loads of Black Cinder Soil Mix delivered to my property from Sanford.I now have a sink hole that is slowly becoming larger.I do not know how many more will appear when I dig holes to re-landscape.During the excavation of the sub-soil and the hammer drilling to bring back friability to the soil the operator found some very soft areas and drilled deeply in those areas for better drainage. I applied 500 pounds of Gypsum Prills to the entire area to enhance sub-soil friability and drainage before the Cinder Soil Mix from Sanford filled the hole.I do not know how much sub-soil was put in the Puna side of the hole.The mixing of the sub-soil and Sanford material may cause sink holes as the material settles.No sub soil was to be put back in the damaged area just the Sanford material. Mr.Simeon asked me why I did not want the area in question compacted.That would have once again dosed up the sub- soil strata. Due to the natural water course being changed so now the water floods into my property from the Chong property I had to build a hillock and bury roofing tin along the fence line to prevent water entering my property. Another factor that shows the natural water course has been changed by this roadside improvement is the fact that the weep hole by the property pin between the Chong property and my property is now 12-18 inches below the soil surface. This is why I am requesting 3 truck loads of material.The material will settle naturally.Seep holes will not occur. My property should sit higher than the Chong property to protect my property from any more damages. Thank you for your consideration, Sam Cooper CC. Mr.Simeon e cify William P.Kenoi % •; , -Or•+ Warren H.W. Lee Mayor --=_-`ear Director William T.Takaba Managing Director (County of Paillai`i DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Aupuni Center 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 7•Hilo,Hawai`i 96720-4224 (808)961-8321 •Fax(808)961-8630 www.co.hawaii.hi.us /''� March 13, 2009 V PY MR SAM COOPER 1605 KINOOLE STREET HILO HI 96720 SUBJECT: ROADSIDE IMPROVEMENTS FOR VARIOUS SOUTH HILO ROADS FEDERAL AID PROJECT NO. STP-0100(059) TM K: 2-2-038:018 Per our telephone conversation with you on March 13, 2009, we agreed to give you one additional load of 26 C.Y. cinder soil from Sanford's Service Center, Inc. It will be end dumped on your property and it will not be installed by the County or its Contractor, you will be responsible in placing it behind the new retaining wall fronting your property. Make sure that the weepholes are not buried. For your information, though we disagree with your letters dated March 8 and 12, 2009, in an effort to put a closure on this issue, but in no way to mean an admission of guilt by the County, we made and agreed on the above offer. As mentioned, this is the final offer and you will not be afforded any more additional work or compensation from the County to mitigate this issue in the future. If you agree, signify your formal acceptance and concurrence of the above, and release the County of any further claim upon the delivery of the additional one(1)Toad cinder soil, by signing in the space provided below. As far as the "No Parking"signs, we are currently working with our Traffic Division regarding warrants and placement. The new shoulder area will be striped. GALEN M. KUBA, Chief Engineering Division AGS CUR: DO NOT CONCUR: -141/0(6 66(1/7 fit Signature Date Signature Date e — g _07 County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.