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ti SidneyFuke, Planning Consultant a71.1liw 100 Pauahi Street,Suite 212•Hilo,Hawaii 96720 •Planning•Variance•Zoning Telephone:(808)969-1522•Cell:(808)989-0640 •Subdivision•Land Use Permits E-mail:sidfuke@hawaiiantel.net •Environmental Reports HAND DELIVERED January 27, 2022 Ms. Ashley Kierkiewicz, Chair Planning Committee COUNTY OF HAWAI'I 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 Honorable Chair Kierkiewicz: Subject: Kumu Hou at Waikoloa Rezoning Requests It is my understanding that the subject matter will be considered by the Council Planning Committee meeting of February 8, 2022. These requests, including the corresponding Special Management Area Use Permits, were favorably considered by both the County Planning Director and Leeward Planning Commission. To help distill the material forwarded you by the Leeward Planning Commission and, in turn, facilitate understanding of these applications, we would like to share the following attachments with you and the rest of the Committee members. The attachments consist of • A summary of the purpose and nature of the project, entitled"Kumu Hou at Waikoloa"; • An overall map of the existing conditions; • The conceptual master plan overlayed over the existing conditions; and • A table showing the neighbor island breakdown of timeshare units relative to the overall visitor units derived from 2020 data provided by the State Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Relative to the table,the count for the total number of visitor units included short term vacation rentals (STVR). The lower portion reflects hotel rooms, less STVRs. Please note that Hawai'i Island has roughly half the timeshare units than Maui, and approximately one-third fewer timeshare units than Kauai. Also,the ratios of timeshare units to the visitor plant on Hawai'i Island demonstrates the market can absorb more units. Ten(10) sets of the attachments are included herein. We would appreciate your distributing them to the rest of your Committee.