2024-02-28 PL-SMA-2023-000038 Jan and Richard Dodge Testimony

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propose that a main entrance to the hotel would be not only better suited on the busier road, Ali'i Drive, for accessibility to parking but also for visibility of the hotel main facade, as is the case with the Club Wyndham Hawaiian Resort, and many other condominium complexes a short distance south of this proposed hotel. 3- Are there additional and improved parking spaces planned on Kahakai for the exponential increase in vehicles due to this hotel? There are a total of 145 parking spaces shown in the architectural plan of the 150 room hotel, which is not taking into account the other 5+ hotel guest's, staff and employee vehicle parking. Where will the overflow hotel vehicles park? Kahakai Rd will be additionally burdened by the inadequate parking, taking away spaces for the other Kahakai businesses, condominium contractors, staff and guests where parking is currently less than adequate. 4- Without the erroneous landscaping buffer on the west/Kahakai Rd side of the hotel, noise from open lanai's and pool/recreation areas of the 110+room, 3 story hotel will bounce and then travel out the U-configuration and directly to the front doors of the Hale Kona Kai condominium units, impacting the quality of life of owners and guests and also the visibility of the mountain. The hotel elevation drawings, especially of the south and west elevations, are notably missing from the drawing set, so while the Ali'i Drive east perimeter height is said to be under the limit of 45 feet, Kahakai Rd with it's east to western slope means that the hotel's western first floor level, which begins on top of the basement parking area, most certainly will be higher than 45 feet, looming over diminutive Hale Kona Kai and more importantly will rise above the County legal building height limits. We request all elevation drawings be submitted to all owners within 300 feet of the perimeter boundary of subject property. 5- We suspect that the sewer, water, and utility requirements and usage for what was the approved 48 unit condotel has changed drastically for a densely populated, 100+room hotel on what is essentially a minor residential street. We would anticipate many utility and environmental problems unless the existing infrastructure of the property and adjacent streets are expanded and improved. We look forward to your response, corrections, and submittal of missing items at your earliest convenience. Respectfully, Jan and Richard Dodge