2025-08-29 PL-SMA-2025-000070 Testimony from Justin Hertz and Rebecca Chacko

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c. Actual Farmable Land:This SMA Application implies that the entire 2.5 acre parcel is available for farming. We believe that less than half is actually available for farm use after Conservation Land, the farm dwelling, and the commercial agriculture building are accounted for. Given the small size of farmable land,the size of the farm dwelling (7,738 sq. ft. total) and commercial agricultural building (5,080 sq. ft.) seem disproportionately large. See Figure 7 below. 32-962 Hawaii Belt Road Farming Property Actual Size Sq Ft Acres Notes Total Useable square feet 61,203 1.4 acres Calcuated using cleared area visible from Goole Maps Farm Dwelling Footprint 5,000 Commercial Agriculture Building Footprint 2,400 Driveway(10x200) 2,000 Conservative Estimate Farmable land (est) 51,803 1.2 acres 711 ECO F&,: ?elt y,/'Draw X r�. + ,7111 - 61.203 21 .- v 1233.31 S�Your Map rcerna,a.nAama en asnntr.,Ma.a,enoios� m a a n a Figure 8—Farmable Land 3. SMA Application Concerns a. Shoreline survey waiver requested by the applicant. i. Drone pictures show a very steep cliff with erosion. See Figures 3, 6 and 7 above. ii. The shoreline is the entire length of the makai side of this property. The extent of shoreline exposure, erosion and undercutting warrants a shoreline survey. iii. Property along the Hamakua shoreline has been documented as high risk for erosion and sloughing into the ocean. iv. In the SMA Application under E. Shoreline Survey: The applicant states that he intends to apply the required setbacks from the top of the shoreline pali as the reason for not needing a shoreline survey. 1. The applicant has not respected setbacks historically. Therefore a survey is warranted. v. A shoreline survey should in fact help the applicant recognize the risks (if any) before committing the significant resources required to bring the proposed development into fruition. b. Commercial agriculture will generate increased traffic through this small residential area. i. Of the 15 neighbors notified regarding this SMA Application, only two are adjoining neighbors (TMK (3) 3-2-003:040 and TMK(3) 3-2-003:02)who will be substantially affected by the magnitude of the commercial agriculture proposed.These three properties are bordered by Ka'aheiki stream, Waikolu stream, the Pacific Ocean and the Hawaii Belt Road.