2024-04-11 PL-CCI-2024-000003 Bill 121 Richard Ingram

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From: Richard Inaram To: LPCtestimony Subject: Bill 121-Comment Letter 1 of 2 Date: Thursday,April 11,2024 7:25:08 PM Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments regarding proposed Bi 11121. 1 am providing two comment letter to the Commission. This letter, the first of two, address a specific clause in the bill that I believe should be reconsidered. The second letter addresses how the current Bill 108 has impacted me and my neighborhood since it's passage 5 years ago so that the Commission might better understand and foresee the potential outcomes of providing further regulation of vacation rentals. Please refer to Section 25-4-16.17, Transient Accommodation Rental Operation Standards, (2) (G) Quiet Hours. The proposed amendment to the existing law would change quiet hours from the current 9PM to 8AM to the proposed 8PM to 7AM. Hawaii Administrative Rules Section 10-7, Night Regulations, regulate quiet time noise between 10PM and 7AM. A sounder approach would rectify the inequity resulting from the existing law and to treat all people the same — both residents and visitors to the Island — and set the quiet hour rules to align with the rules that the police department is asked to enforce for all of us. The sun sets in summer in Kailua-Kona after 7 PM. Then begins twilight. Astronomical twilight ends at darkness. During the last days in June that time is 8:29 PM for Kailua-Kona. Sunsets in Hawaii are more than just sunsets. They are part of Hawaiian culture. It is a time to pause, to be in awe of the natural beauty of the Island, to give thanks, to let go of what happened during the day and to look toward a new beginning tomorrow. The Pu blows, we stop our day and the sun sets. All over the Island families gather on their lanai's and have their evening meal in the twilight. They share their food and their stories of the day.