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WindwardPlanningCommssion <br />Nov 3, 2022, 9am <br />PL-SPP-2022-016 <br />Testimony <br />We are George Pedro Tama and Jane Tama, owners, <br />TMK (1)-3-1-002-118 <br />13-6516 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd, Pahoa, HI 96778 <br />Our home and small farm is the closest neighbor to the Applicant's <br />proposed holistic education retreat center, approximately 350 ft from the <br />the center's main activities. <br />We support the Applicant's proposed project with some appropriate <br />conditions. We appreciate the resort's workshop & retreat operating hours, <br />along with silent hours from 9pm to Sam. What the Application has not <br />addressed is the acceptable level of noise during operating hours, <br />especially during evening and nighttime activities, when some of us retire <br />early. <br />For the past twenty years our normal bedtime is 8 pm. This is not <br />uncommon in rural, agricultural, Hawai'i. Over the past 5 years the music, <br />drumming and occasional loud personal -growth workshop screams have <br />impacted our lives. Much of this is normal and to be expected from such a <br />retreat center. But this type of noise after 8 pm impinges greatly on our <br />ability to sleep. And that ability is crucial for our health, especially as we <br />are both recent cancer survivors and always in danger of a recurrence. We <br />are also aware that, in the past, several other neighbors have complained <br />about the noise coming from the Applicant's eco-village resort. <br />We therefore respectfully request the Planning Commission to place a <br />condition of Permit Approval that sound -proofing of the upstairs rec rooms <br />of the multi -purpose buildings L and M (where most workshops, classes, & <br />events are likely to occur) be required; and that workshop and event hours <br />