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Date: January 2, 2023 <br /> To: Hawai'i County Planning Department and Windward Planning <br /> Commission <br /> From: Neighbors of Special Permit Application PL-SPP-2022-000016 <br /> Re: Written Testimony for January 6th Planning Commission Meeting <br /> Neighbors' Statement <br /> As neighbors most impacted by the proposed holistic education center at <br /> Lolia Place, we the 11 undersigned, along with other neighbors and <br /> concerned supporters, wish to state our collective opposition to that project <br /> in our neighborhood. We respectfully request that the Planning <br /> Commission deny this application for a Special Permit and remand <br /> this case to the Board of Appeals. <br /> There are several reasons why we are opposed. Many of us are submitting <br /> individual testimony, each with our own reasons why we are opposed. <br /> We chose to live in this tiny pocket of relatively small Ag-residential lots for <br /> its peace, quiet, and small community neighborliness. <br /> But that has all changed. <br /> In 2014 the applicant bought 24 acres mauka of the Red Road, Kalapana <br /> side of a sleepy Ag subdivision, proceeded to subdivide it with the purpose <br /> of selling off to his friends and "like-minded" buyers 5 lots in order to fund <br /> his own "Lolia Eco Village." The applicant soon began giving classes, <br /> holding "Tantra" festivals, and giving workshops and trainings in the <br /> applicant's specialty "Conscious Sensuality" ( <br />