03-30-2019, 03:23 AM
Chunkster: I can't think of a community anywhere in the United States as large as HPP that has no grocery store, no gas station, and no restaurant.
The original plans for the Wikiwiki mart at the bottom of Orchidland Drive were to have it located at the top of Paradise Drive. The Paradise Park hui argued against it because they said they didn't want the traffic or the trash, and had several retired attorneys who had the time and training to block it. OLE had just recently formed its community association, and did not have the knowledge or manpower to adequately address the issue. The applicants sent out letters to all the owners of lots in OLE, touting the wonderful benefits of having a local store, with the promise of having a gas station next, all increasing property values. The gas pumps would not become functional until traffic lights were installed at the intersection of OL Drive and Hwy 130. The residents who actually lived in OLE overwhelmingly voted against the development, absentee owners overwhelmingly voted for it, so when the application was reviewed , it was passed. The fact that HPP had four times the number of lots and potential residents that would have to cross the main highway was not considered important, because they did not want the traffic on their own roads. Now the daily nightmare of trying to take a left turn from OL Drive onto the highway is exponentially made worse by the unending line of cars coming out of the expanded commercial center. I totally agree that this development should have been in HPP.
The original plans for the Wikiwiki mart at the bottom of Orchidland Drive were to have it located at the top of Paradise Drive. The Paradise Park hui argued against it because they said they didn't want the traffic or the trash, and had several retired attorneys who had the time and training to block it. OLE had just recently formed its community association, and did not have the knowledge or manpower to adequately address the issue. The applicants sent out letters to all the owners of lots in OLE, touting the wonderful benefits of having a local store, with the promise of having a gas station next, all increasing property values. The gas pumps would not become functional until traffic lights were installed at the intersection of OL Drive and Hwy 130. The residents who actually lived in OLE overwhelmingly voted against the development, absentee owners overwhelmingly voted for it, so when the application was reviewed , it was passed. The fact that HPP had four times the number of lots and potential residents that would have to cross the main highway was not considered important, because they did not want the traffic on their own roads. Now the daily nightmare of trying to take a left turn from OL Drive onto the highway is exponentially made worse by the unending line of cars coming out of the expanded commercial center. I totally agree that this development should have been in HPP.