2025-05-05 Chuck Larson Testimony

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May 2, 2025 Leeward Planning Commission RE: BOAZ LLC (PC-SMA-2025-000072) Dear Commissioners. As an owner in the adjacent Kona Isle, I am in favor of this development as an improvement to the current situation, but do believe the development could be improved in several ways: I do not believe there is adequate parking for a 34 unit 2 and 3 bedroom development. We are all single bedroom units at Kona isle and we have problems with parking. If it is true that your development guidelines only require one parking spot per even this number of bedrooms (71) then there is a problem with your guidelines. I urge you to require more parking spaces for this number of rooms. I do not believe you need to require beach access since there is one just down the street 60-70 yards to the south. Perhaps by reducing this requirement, it will free up space for more parking. I would like your Fire Department to consider if there would be an advantage to fire suppression if the fire lane for this development was on the south side rather than the north side. There is a block wall on the north side which keeps the fire lane confined. If the fire lane were on the Kona Isle side adjacent our fire lane, there might be more room for firefighters to maneuver saving lives and property. I do not believe our owners can really evaluate the impact of a structure this height. Please require that"story poles" be erected to allow neighbors to understand the impact of the height. Please require a survey of the south side early in the process so that Kona Isle can plan to mitigate any impact the true property line might have on the use of our property. Consider opening the south side of the parking structure to reduce the impact of the stark wall on Kona Isle. More and larger openings, even with grate or Ornamental Iron for security would greatly reduce the closed in feeling created by the parking structure.