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' WA IKOLOA October 11,2021 Ms. Susan Kunz,Director and Administrator Office of Housing and Community Development COUNTY OF HAWAII 1990 Kino`ole Street,Suite 102 Hilo,HI 96720 Mr.Zendo Kern,Director Planning Department COUNTY OF HAWAT I 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo,HI 96720 Dear Ms.Kunz and Mr.Kern: Si TJECT: Pro +sled Workforce We would like to use this means to not only summarize our eeting but to thank you very much for taking time out of your and your appropriate staffs'busy schedule to meet with our and Mr. Stanford Carr's teams virtually on October 8,2021 regarding the use and development of the subject property for a possible workforce housing project. Waikoloa Land Company(WLC),phns to remove nine(9)holes of its King's Golf Course and redesign and repurpose that area and some its adjoining lands to create a project called Kumu Hou,a project that will not only be consistent with but will help make the overall Waikoloa Resort economically more sustainable and viable. The land use entitlement applications are now under review by the Planning Department. As discussed,WLC believes that having workforce housing within the Resort will be of benefit not only to Kumu Hon but the entire Resort. As master developer of the Waikoloa Resort,WLC has already fulfilled its affordable housing obligations through the donation of 300+acres of land to the County of Hawai'i within Waikoloa Village,a project that is now being developed and referred to as Kamakoa. In spite of that,with the aid of a potential developer like Stanford Carr Development and the use of a portion of funds derived from the Kumu Hou project,we could and like to make that happen. If successful,we believe that would be the first workforce and/or affordable rental housing in the State of Hawai'i within a resort complex! 150 Waikolaa Beach Drive,Waikoloa,Hawaii 9638—Office Phone:(808)886-1000 Planning Dept. Exhibit 4