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number of overgrown trees and the entire one acre has been landscaped and is <br /> meticulously manicured. A few of our back neighbors expressed appreciation <br /> when we removed the overgrown trees as it opened up their view plain of the <br /> ocean hence increasing their property value. Our property value only enhances <br /> the neighbors home values. A respectful B&B business will not depreciate the <br /> home or property values around. There is no data or evidence we could find that <br /> supports this opinion. In addition, there have been no noise complaints or any <br /> complaints regarding our guests. We are a multigenerational ohana with young <br /> children which is consistent with other homes in this neighborhood. Our children <br /> play with the other children in the neighborhood. The B&B permit would not <br /> change the current nature of our home and homestay. We plan to continue to <br /> operate our B&B discretely as we have been for the last 7 years without a sign <br /> identifying the home as a B&B. <br /> • Family oriented neighborhood/Safety of children- This concern was mentioned by <br /> Kal Yackly who it should be noted does not live and has never lived in this <br /> neighborhood but owns a vacant, unimproved, overgrown lot adjacent to ours. In <br /> any case, like many families in this neighborhood, we are a multigenerational <br /> kama`aina family unit, we live with our children`s grandmother and our two <br /> children, who are among the youngest in the neighborhood (ages 7 and 10 years <br /> old). Most of our guests have children as well. We vet each guest thoroughly and <br /> would never invite anyone to stay in our home that would be a safety risk to our <br /> own children. <br /> • "Opens the door to other B&B Establishments"- We are not the only STVR in the <br /> neighborhood as there are several other owners that have had similar hosted <br /> homestays in compliance with the current county regulation (One of which was <br /> Don Slocum who wrote testimony to oppose our application). As previously <br /> mentioned, establishing limits of "Transient Accommodation Rentals", is a policy <br /> decision that has to be debated and legislated upon by the County Council. <br /> These neighbor concerns` have never been voiced to us or the county before we <br /> applied for this special permit. None of them have ever complained about anything <br /> regarding our hosted STVR. In fact, the Barts have utilized and benefitted from our <br /> homestay when they tented their house this past year. They also reserved dates in our <br /> calendar for their family members who ended up not traveling at that time. Our guests <br /> are quiet and are inconspicuous. We can only speculate the resistance stems from the <br /> unfortunate bad reputation of short term vacation rentals in neighborhoods in general. <br /> As a hosted homestay, we have much more control over the guests who stay with us <br /> than a stand alone STVR which in some cases are known to be "party" houses which <br /> we are absolutely not. <br /> We feel we are good candidates to receive a special permit for Bed and Breakfast. We <br /> have a 7 year history of operating a hosted STVR in our primary single family residence <br /> 4 of 6 <br />