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at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. When I bought my home here in Kehena in 2007, <br /> I've been living here full-time since 2013. But when I bought my home, I was made well aware <br /> of the rules and requirements on home buying I was handed the brochure on setback <br /> requirements for Residential and Agricultural districts. As you all know within that pamphlet <br /> there's a statement"It's my property and I can do anything I want with it"! And the pamphlet <br /> then goes on to explain what if people did whatever they like with their property and so there are <br /> extensive rules and regulations about what you can and cannot do. <br /> Pohoiki is an agriculturally zoned area. An area where people are trying to live sustainably as <br /> pointed out by Keri Dickie-Clark Now KMEC has openly advertised on the web since 2010. A <br /> website that was copyrighted by them in 2008. So, the public has been able to book lodging and <br /> board that is accommodations for vacation or retreat purposes since 2010. This operation <br /> continued with many buildings being added without permits until the pandemic last year. Late <br /> last year or sometime last year and an incoming visitor was questioned at the airport as to where <br /> they were staying, their response that they had was "KMEC"which was not registered as a <br /> quarantine site. Without the pandemic KMEC would have continued unpermitted presumably <br /> indefinitely. <br /> So, the question I have is: Why would the County reward Mr. Sussman for 13 years of <br /> operations which flagrantly ignore the regulations? If the permit is approved, then it's a clear <br /> indication to the whole community and Big Island residents that they can ignore the rules and <br /> develop land and buildings as they see fit mainly because the County doesn't have enough <br /> people to enforce the regulations. Question arises just because there aren't police officers around <br /> does that mean that we should disobey the law. Surely not. Thank you for your time. <br /> REPLOGLE: Thank you Mr. Griffiths. <br /> The public testimony ended at 9:33 a.m. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador <br /> Secretary to Boards and Commissions <br /> 4 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />