2021-12-16 Leeward Exh F (Item 7 Onaka SPP)

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DEFRANCO: Hi. So, I noticed that the road, the driveway going into the property seemed to like, maybe it needed some repairs. Was that something that was going to happen? FUKE: It's basically a 10-foot-wide road that's been servicing that whole area, the so-called Duarte subdivision. They have a water system, private water system that comes off of the County line that runs up the property. In terms of for police and fire protection services, they at least require a minimum of 10-foot-wide paved access. So, that would meet the minimum requirement. The other thing like Vice Chair DeFrancoI kind of wanted to point out is that Rachelle and her family already have an existing, what they call like hosted short-term vacation rental on the property. They're converting it to a B&B essentially doesn't change their current operation except in two respects. One is that, in the event the short-term vacation law changes and then they'd have to be considered grandfathered. That's something that they don't want to have to contend with. And secondly, by having it like a B&B, and if it's issued by this Planning Commission, then it mandates the person to actually live on the property and it's going to be a family member. And when you have a B&B, with a family member living on the property then there's a great amount of control for, you know, in case there are complaints and all that stuff as opposed to a straight on short-term vacation rental. And that's the objective of the reason for this change. VITOUSEK: Okay. Commissioner Yates? YATES: Just a question. HowI'm a little familiar with that area and with the families there because I grew up in Kona when I was much younger. But it—how many, do we have a lot of B&B's up there, or not a problem? FUKE: I don't believeI don't know the number of B&Bs in that area. I know that they have like aI think it's an eight or ten-room inn. The Holualoa Inn that's kind of right in that area, but it's within the village core. As far as the number of B&B's, I'm not really sure. YATES: I was specifically wondering about up to Duarte Road, because I noticed that there's a number of houses there, but I'm not sure how many there are there. [Unintelligible cross talk.] FUKE: I'm sorry, go ahead. ONAKA: The housing on the road mainly houses all of our family. So, those are mostly Duarte family. COOK: And I can provide a little more clarity, Commissioner Yates. In terms of the permitted bed and breakfasts in the area, there's none in the immediate surrounding area. There is one that is further south, and it is approximately 900 feet southwest of the subject property and it was approved with a USE Permit to establish a 2-bedroom bed and breakfast operation quite some 5 EXHIBIT F