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Mill for their Retreat on many occasions in the past. Another plan HIR had to ameliorate the Maluhia traffic was <br />to use shuttle buses. That never happened. <br />2. Hawaii Island Retreat will be on the real estate market soon. According to a Hawaii Life realtor, Hawaii <br />Island Retreat will soon be on the market for around $15-19,000,000. It appears that they want to add value to <br />their real estate at the expense of the community. On 12/28/22, I spoke with Jessica Andrews, the planner in <br />charge of this application. She was not aware of this fact. Why was this not disclosed to the planner in charge? <br />3. Much of the TMK is in a SMA and conservation zone. Where will the new building(s) be located? There <br />are already 3 buildings in the SMA that they use as their hotel/Retreat. How was this allowed? They have also <br />held wedding events in the restricted use zones. <br />4. They have not complied with the shoreline access condition of their special permit. It has been blocked <br />off and re-routed. The Public Access signs on Akoni Pule Hwy and Pratt Road were taken down for over a year <br />and before that the signs were not always posted. They just put some of the Public Access signs up again and <br />unlocked some of the public access gates recently, presumably so as to appear in compliance. <br />5. The entire Public Access should be walked by a planner with the attached public access doc and map <br />as a reference (attached). Most alarming is that coastal public access going east is blocked by what appears to by <br />4 hog wire fences that extend to the coastal cliffs (see attached map of eastern section). The most westerly fence <br />has no gate (see attached photos). Two of the middle fences have gates near the coastline, but are burdened with <br />billy goats and cattle at various times. Even if someone climbed the first fence at their peril on the cliff (and it <br />appears that some people have done so), they would still have to chance the gauntlet of the livestock. It is hard to <br />tell from a distance, but it appears that the fourth, most easterly fence has no gate, thus restricting coastal access <br />through the adjacent Lot 22 from Lot 16. The coastal public access has been blocked with fencing for easily over <br />10 years. <br />6. Failure to comply with several conditions of SP NO. 1117. They have not been "good neighbors." The <br />most glaring example (and there are many) is that the now defunct Honopueo Community Association members <br />were forced to pay for Maluhia Road improvements that was required by the county for their Special Permit. <br />None of the other owners have a special permit and could use that road as it was. HIR then sued the neighbors to <br />get additional compensation for those improvements. There was no countersuit, and the Retreat got less than half <br />(about $4500 per lot) of what they originally sought ($10,000 per lot). <br />7. Will the shoreline public access be preserved after the PCRS? The Retreat is applying for another PCRS <br />to restrict the Retreat to 5 acres and retain the other land that has the currently blocked shoreline public access on <br />it. See attached photo, which is posted on Lokahi Road, NOT on Akoni Pule Hwy. The community should <br />finally have the ENTIRE shoreline public access open, unburdened, accessible, and safe. <br />8. Where would they get the water for this project? They only have a 5/8" water meter on Akoni Pule for <br />county water. <br />Thank you for attention to these longstanding concerns. <br />Sincerely, <br />Karl Toubman and Katherine Pomeroy <br />TMK 5-4-009-024-000 Parcel 54009024000 <br />Attachments <br />1. BOC doc 2009-829853 <br />2 <br />