2024-02-29 PL-SMA-2023-000046 Tamara D. Goesch Testimony

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DATE: February 28, 2024 TO: Windward Planning Commission, County of Hawaii FROM: Tamara "Tammy" Goesch, Co-Owner, Colony I Unit #17, Punalu'u P.O. Box 822, Pahala HI 96777 2454 NW Westover Rd, #104, Portland OR 97210 (541) 990-3043 * eurotel(aT,proaxis.com NOTE: This testimony is submitted on my own behalf- my views are shared by my #17 Co-Owner and spouse, Christian P. Stehr RE: SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT APPLICATION PL-SMA-2023-000046; Applicant: BLACK SAND BEACH, LLC Dear Esteemed Planning Commissioners, It is with a heavy heart that I address you in the matter of PL- SMA-2023-000046 submitted by Applicant BLACK SAND BEACH, LLC (hereafter, for the sake of brevity, BSB-LLC). I very much appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on this highly consequential Application and its merits - or lack thereof- and thank you for your diligence and patience in evaluating my input as well as that of many, many other concerned stakeholders. While the APPLICANT in this matter is indeed BSB-LLC, one must ask: exactly who or what is BSB-LLC? Informally, most discussions related to not only this application, but also myriad land use and development matters at Punalu'u and in Kau over the last several years, revolve around one name: EVA LIU, aka XIAYUAN LIU(hereafter, for the sake of brevity, EXL), commonly understood to be the individual behind the veil of the BSB-LLC as well as multiple other LLC's. Before this or any further EXL-related application is approved, I believe the County needs to do due diligence and establish exactly who or what entity will and can be held responsible if stipulations, codes, regulations, etc. are violated - particularly if harm is done to the land, the water, flora and fauna, persons, or existing real property in connection with this application - and above all if written as well as verbal promises and representations are not honored. The truth is, I and many others have personally experienced EXL's inability and failure to fulfill her obligations and promises. My husband and I have been owners of a condo at Colony I since 1996. We pay property taxes, income taxes, and TAT and GE taxes in Hawaii; we operate according to the STVR rules; we have properly registered a car in Hawaii. We are law-abiding citizens who willingly follow rules for the good of all.