*PD BACKGROUND REPORT (PL-SPP-2022-016)

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LAND`* i -y 194 Wiwoole St. Hilo, HI 96720 PLANNING (808) 333-3393 info@landplarminghawaii.com HAWAII LLC July 25, 2022 Jeffrey Darrow, Deputy Director Planning Department COUNTY OF HAWAII 101 Pauahi Street Hilo, HI 96720 Dear Mr. Darrow: Subject: Attn: Jessica Andrews Special Permit Application — Additional Information and Revisions Applicant: Robert Silber Kamaili, Pahoa, Puna, Hawaii TMK (3) 1-3-002:140 This letter is in response to your email dated June 1, 2022 requesting additional information prior to acceptance of the subject application. Thank you for the opportunity to provide this additional information and make revisions to the previously submitted application. We have revised the Background & Environmental report and the site plan to address the information you've requested. In order to avoid confusion, we would like to replace the previously submitted Background & Environmental report, figures and exhibits with this revised report. Here is a summary of the revisions that have been made to address your comments: 1. We have revised the site plan to include building permit information for each of the existing structures. We have also labeled each structure with a letter for clarification purposes and provided additional clarification in the report with regard to the different structures on the site plan. 2. We confirmed with the landowner that all of the existing structures on the site plan are accurate with the exception of three small agricultural storage structures which were inadvertently omitted from the original site plan. Those structures have been included on the revised site plan included within the background report. Otherwise, there are no additional structures on the property. A recent aerial photo is included with this letter. 3. We have indicated in the revised report that parking and access drives are proposed to be gravel and that the perimeter access road will have 20-feet unobstructed width with 10- feet of gravel width and that the interior access paths will have 10-feet unobstructed width with 8-feet of gravel. These paths will be used primarily for walking. 4. We have revised the report to request that each of the existing lodge buildings be permitted to consist of eight (8) bedrooms only and have revised the floor plans accordingly. 5. Wastewater is currently disposed of via one Individual Wastewater System and composting toilets. The applicant intends to decommission the existing composting toilets and install additional Individual Wastewater Systems on the property so that all Planning Dept. Exhibit 1