KITV (Channel 4) and KGMB/KHNL Hawaii News Now (Channels 7 and 9) covered us (should be on TV this evening). More sign wavings and canvassings are planned. Stay tuned.
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Sharing a letter from Manoa resident Kristin McAndrews PhD to Mayor Rick Blangiardi expressing her thoughts regarding Manoa Banyan Court:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18iE0HuBCxjzcNvNOTr7zJa7BDPrfetuM/view?usp=sharing 23 March 2022 Spectrum News article: "Manoa Residents are Fighting an Affordable Housing Project"3/23/2022 WE NEED YOUR HELP to get 576 people to SHOW UP FOR A PHOTO SHOOT on Saturday, 26 March, at 10am at Manoa Chinese Cemetery. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS!
Why 576 people? 576 is the max rental occupancy for Manoa Banyan Court. Let's show what 576 people looks like (and how this may forever alter our Manoa Valley environment: traffic, parking availability, etc). Help us get word out to teams, organizations, groups, clubs, associations, churches you belong to (via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email, phone, talk story, etc), and friends, co-workers, family. We will meet at triangle (fork of East Manoa Rd/Old East Manoa Rd), then walk to the Manoa Chinese Cemetery for our photo shoot. Mahalo for your kokua and support! Manoa resident Seth Kamemoto said this on Nextdoor.com:
"The "no traffic impact" is predicated on this 75 trips per day myth, which was derived from multiplying the 288 units by 0.26, which is what the Traffic Assessment Report in the DEA indicates is the number of trips *per day*. This is almost certainly false. The report references the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition, which I'm sure is a great resource, assuming you read the correct values from the tables. I couldn't find the full 10th Edition easily online, but from the 9th Edition, (Page 7: http://documents.cityofdavis.org/Media/CityCouncil/Documents/PDF/CDD/Planning/Subdivisions/West-Davis-Active-Adult-Community/Reference-Documents/ITE_Trip_Generation_Manual_9th_Ed.pdf) it shows 3.44 as the multiplier for a given weekday. And from this snippet of the 10th Edition (https://www.troutdaleoregon.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/public_works/page/966/ite_land_use_list_10th_edition.pdf) it shows the 0.26 value as a single PM Peak Hour. So going with the 9th Edition, 288 x 3.44 = 990.72, so almost a *thousand* trips per day, not less than a hundred. Nice try." Quite an eye opener - that's a HUGE difference. We should note: 3.44 multiplier is an average. On pg 7, the Manual cited a multiplier range of 2.59 - 4.79 , so the multiplier would depend on an in-depth analysis of many factors that contribute to traffic (eg, age, employment, location, proximity to retail/banks/medical, income levels). Clearly, G70 and LYCA failed to perform an in-depth analysis of traffic impact of Manoa Banyan Court (and its construction), as well as other lasting detrimental environmental impacts (eg, storm water flooding, available street parking, light pollution, noise, activity levels, etc). As we all know from the DEA itself (and from LYCA President Charles Wong's 21 Oct 2022 letter to Councilmember Calvin Say), LYCA and G70 seek an expeditious "Finding of No Significant Impact" by the City Department of Planning/Permitting and other reviewing govt agencies, which would preclude any period for public testimony. Those concerned should contact City Department of Planning/Permitting, the entire City Council (all its members), and the Mayor to insist on a "Hard Look" of the environmental impacts from this proposed development. Instead of a FONSI process, they should require the Manoa Banyan Court developer to go thru an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process which is an in-depth, more stringent environmental review process that includes periods for public review/testimony. See Hawaii Environmental Review Process flowchart for more details: https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/OEQC_Guidance/Flowchart_ERP-01.22.pdf. As Seth pointed out, there is mounting evidence that environmental impact conclusions drawn from G70 and LYCA's Manoa Banyan Court DEA may be superficial (perhaps even misleading) which warrants further scrutiny Letter to the Editor (Staradvertiser) on 18 March 2022 by Manoa resident Christine Kaneshiro3/18/2022 |
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