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From: <br />Deborah <br />To: <br />W PCtesti mono <br />Subject: <br />Bill 121, restrictions on TARs <br />Date: <br />Monday, April 1, 2024 8:41:11 AM <br />Aloha County Commissioners, <br />I live in Lower Puna, in Puna Beach Palisades, down by Kehena Beach, off the Red Road. <br />This is where there are ZERO hotels or motels. But lots in the way of Mana, nature, ocean, <br />calm, serenity and beauty. <br />I feel privileged and lucky to have moved here 16 years ago, TODAY. No, not an April Fools <br />j oke. <br />I do not own my own home, so obviously, I don't have a TAR or STVR. However, many of <br />my beloved neighbors and community members up and down the Red Road, along the coast, <br />offer up spaces so that travelers can experience some of what beckoned us to call this remote <br />jungle area our home. <br />I'm 63 yrs old and many of these community members are older than me, barely making ends <br />meet to be able to stay here. Not only are they providing a remarkable service in their golden <br />years, but they are also receiving essential income when working a day job in Hilo is <br />impossible at their age. <br />So they get to be Ambassadors of Aloha in their Golden years, while providing essential <br />housing for visitors who need a reprieve from the constant torrents and stressful barrage most <br />of the world (esp mainland) feeds them on the daily. <br />Over the years I've watched my community members jump through all the governmental <br />hoops and expenses to keep their STVRs open and welcoming. <br />I know there is a need for more affordable, long-term housing, but I strongly feel you have <br />chosen the WRONG path to make that happen. And most everyone I know in this precious <br />community agrees with me. <br />Please, please, please drop this Bill and take another, more sustainable, realistic path that will <br />truly help everyone. I urge you to not punish my elders, many who have lived long term on <br />Pele's aina in very simple, small footprint kine ways that ADD in many ways. Not extract. <br />Please rethink. <br />Mahalo nui loa for your time. <br />Deborah Davis <br />Pahoa, Hawaii <br />Ian: 808-965-9203 <br />cel: 808-443-6863 <br />