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1 ! r ` eruptions. (And when special places like 'O'Oma being decimated due to lack of focus and management apparently due to financial constrains, the focus on an airport hotel a couple hundred yards away seems even more -out -of -line.) Meanwhile, our airport often has as low as 10% hotel occupancy and a relatively short window where hotels are full. I have more questions and concerns related to this project, like water use, wastewater disposal, and runoff into our nearshore waters — all ongoing challenges for West Hawai i. I'm concerned about the management for this hotel which would be by an agency which is, frankly, at. the bottom of the list with Honolulu airport ranked the third worst in. North America. Again, with so many 'other regional needs and a -shortage of public resources, -it remains mystifying that this is a project that our our planning department's 'over -taxed time and our lnnited financial resources .would be focused upon. Sadly, the planning Comm. ission gives little hope of being avenue where my concerns will be heard, no less acted -upon. However, I will surely listen to the administration's larger case, assuming that there, is one. And, yes, I do see this project as a nose under the tent of resort- and weirdly -place hotel development. Why should residents feel confident that coastal, hotel developinent"isn'-t 'a -focus of the powers -that -be if this is one of the first large projects during the pandemic that their energy and our tax dollars are zeroing in on? I hope that council members will parse the land use and financial needs of our residents in a different light that focuses more upon sustainable, diverse, less tourism -focused projects — ones that don't sit precariously on lands within stone's throw of our delicate coastline and special, hard-won places.