3-TALK re-cap

Mahalo to everyone who attended Council member Ikaika Anderson's quarterly Kailua 3-TALK last night at St. John's Lutheran Church -- great showing, great sharing!

Here are some of the comments and concerns that were shared from some of the people in the Kailua community: 

• "The traffic study looks at current traffic volume;  however, our Government must look at capacity of our streets!" -- What can these roads take before they fail us?
• "Looking at the bigger problem, Kailua does not have a Master Plan" -- other island communities do -- "it's really important to put forth the effort, a commercial master plan we can live with"
• Ikaika Anderson said: "I don't think you can have Target and still have a community like Kailua" ... "they (Target) didn't honor their commitment to be in touch with our community"
• "I have never seen fire of residents like this ... things are bad in Kailua ... Target was the final draw and the root of the problem is Kaneohe Ranch"
• "we see the document, Koolaupoko Sustainable Community Plan, carries the weight stating "no big box store as it's out of scale with the community ... big box is defined as 90,000 square feet" (Target projects a 130,000 square foot store for Kailua)
• "Whole Foods was not required by DPP to complete a Traffic Impact Analysis Report (TIAR)? ... City DPP Director David Tanoue back in July was quoted as saying ALL projects (big or small) are REQUIRED to produce a traffic impact study" -- has the City failed us here?
• "true leadership is needed ... this is MORE than Target" ...
• "the City needs to review all current development in Kailua addressing infrastructure, traffic, safety, our quality of life, and assess the CUMULATIVE IMPACTS of all development combined (Whole Foods, Target, Ironwoods development, etc) -- forget the piecemeal approach Traffic Studies!
• "our community is being railroaded"
• "our Kailua community is not getting the services we deserve ... the Mayor needs to hear from us"
• "talk to Mayor Carlisle; it's a great opportunity for him to show leadership"
• "we live in a democracy, people make laws ... we are the people ... we as a community can shape our future ... "

As you can see, this is NOT a “done deal” !

Please continue to reach out by letter, email, phone calls, etc, to Target, Kaneohe Ranch, elected officials, our mayor, etc.  Contact info is listed on blogsite under "contacts"