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I. INTRODUCTION <br />Appellee JEFFREY W. DARROW, PLANNING DIRECTOR, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br />("Director") respectfully requests that the Board of Appeals ("Board") dismiss this appeal for <br />lack of standing and mootness. <br />II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND <br />The Director received a Special Management Area (SMA) Use Permit Assessment <br />Application (PL-SAA-2026-000330) ("Application") from Amira Soliman for Bumper <br />Productions, LLC ("Filming Company") to allow for film production of limited scenes for a <br />television series on private property located at Papa'ikou Camp and at the public Papa'ikou <br />Beach. The private property is owned by the Brian Clark Living Trust ("Landowner"). Having <br />carefully reviewed the Application, the Director issued SMA Minor Permit No. PL-SMM-2026- <br />000085 ("SMA Minor Permit") authorizing a limited, short-term video shoot consisting of a brief <br />preparation period and one day of filming. Appellant Claudia Rohr ("Appellant") filed a Petition <br />("Petition") appealing the Director's issuance of the SMA Minor Permit. <br />III. STANDING <br />A. Legal Standard <br />Standing is a procedural threshold that must be satisfied before the Board may consider <br />the merits of any case. See Public Access Shoreline Hawaii by Rothstein a Hawai `i Cnty. <br />Planning Comm'n by Fujimoto, 79 Hawai`i 425, 431, 903 P.2d 1246, 1252 (1995) (noting <br />"claimant had to have standing to appeal" in order for court to have jurisdiction to decide issues <br />presented). To establish standing under BOA Rule 8-2, an appellant must show: <br />An interest in the subject matter that is directly and immediately affected; <br />2. An interest that is clearly distinguishable from that of the general public; and <br />2 <br />