2021-06-16 Leeward Exh B (Public Testimony re SMA 21-000078)

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VITOUSEK: Thank you. Are there any questions from Commissioners? Moving on to Caroline Walsh. Caroline, please state your name and the town that you live in. WALSH: Aloha Commissioners, this is Caroline Walsh, I live in Kailua-Kona. In particular I am an owner and resident of the Ala Ka La condos. So, I have a directly vested interest in this project. I clearly echo comments made by the previous testifiers in particular Janice and the very emotional testimony by Katie. So, I appreciate their comments. I'm going to come at this from a purely personal level because that's what I can directly speak to. Um' I certainly don't support the building of a building as one could understand being in proximate nature to that. I am concerned about parking, there is only 7, we only have 8 spaces, one for each condo in our unit. This is going to be added. So, we have to ask families and friends and service providers to park on the street. This development will take away at least 3 parking spaces and I think there's only 3 and 2 across the street. So, there's only about 5 in the immediate proximate area. I also want to speak that in the event that this project should go forward, I am concerned about lava excavation. There was a 4 foot mount of lava that sits 30 feet from my front door and my neighbor's it's within 10 feet. I can't imagine the noise associated with that and I absolutely question whether or not I'm in fact going to be inhabit my condo during the excavation phase. So, I'm very concerned about that, I certainly can buy ear plugs that mitigates the noise to my ears, it certainly doesn't mitigate the ambient noise and as I conduct business remotely I will not be able to have Zoom meetings, telephone calls with business associates or family and I doubt that I'll even be able to enjoy the quiet of my home. So, you know, if this proceeds, I would ask that there would be mandatory sound barriers built and then some sort of accommodations made to the owners here in the event that they cannot, cannot handle that level of noise which would be in the excess of a 100 decibels which is very loud. And OSHA indicates that prolonged exposure to that level of decibels will cause hearing loss. So, I just put that out there, I appreciate the opportunity to comment to you and hopefully the appropriate decision will be made on behalf of the ohana here at Ala Ka La. Thank you. VITOUSEK: Thank you very much. Are there any questions from Commissioners? Moving on with Carolyn Pellett "---" okay, um' Lisa Hall. HALL: Aloha, my name is Lisa Hall "---" and I am requesting that the Leeward Commissioners absolutely deny the permit as it stands. I have walked this proposed lot many, many times. I live within 10 feet of the proposed excavation of the lava. The building that is being proposed to be built on this lot is an absolute monstrosity compared to what this lot should have available to build on it. A 5-story concrete building with mirrored glass is a little Oahu. Build this building on Oahu where it belongs, New York 9 EXHIBIT B