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CLAUDIA ROHR <br /> 369 Nene St. <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Phone: (808) 640-5976 <br /> crohr4@gmail.com <br /> January 3, 2024 <br /> RE: Testimony WPC meeting January 4, 2024, agenda item Planning <br /> Director's Report on SMA minor permits issued November 2023 <br /> Aloha E Windward Planning Commissioners- <br /> My testimony concerns SMA minor permit No. PL-SMM 2023-000054 <br /> (hereinafter "SMM 23-54"). The SMA use permit assessment application (Papaikou <br /> Landing), included here, admits that the landowner is segmenting his Project and <br /> intends to obtaining separate SMA permits for three land uses and activities. The <br /> three phases discussed by the landowner are: <br /> (1) to subdivide parcel 118 into 2-4 lots; <br /> (2) demolish the remnants of the old mill on Lot 2 which will <br /> involve land disturbing activities and might require relocation of <br /> the trail to the beach; and <br /> (3) proposed eco-tourism and film industry uses. ("The Trust <br /> reserves the right to use the trail, those privately owned areas of <br /> the beach and river for its proposed eco - tourism and potential <br /> film industry uses.")(Application, pg. 22). <br /> The Planning department failed to assess the possible cumulative impacts of <br /> the whole project, and all of the phases, in determining whether the project qualifies <br /> for a SMA minor permit as opposed to a SMA major permit. <br /> 1 <br />