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From: Tlaloc Tokuda
Sent: Saturday,July 6, 2024 9:54 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Oppose Bill 169, Kona Three LLC
I and the people of Hawaii thank Committee members Evans, Kagiwada, Kimball, Villegas, and Chair Inaba for
standing with the community in opposing this 10-year extension to a 40-year-old project. Please continue
with your opposition!
And to committee members Galimba, Kaneali'i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, and Lee Loy please reconsider your
vote and oppose this extension request.
Remember that:
• This project is opposed by the Cultural Resources Commission, who recommended this land be
preserved in perpetuity.
• Other major developments in this area -over 750 multi-family units, including workforce housing-
have already been approved in the immediate area.
• This project allows purchases to be used as Short Term Vacation Rentals (STVRs), but provides no
mechanism regarding pricing or qualification to assure that"missing middle" or"workforce
housing" locals would be the ones able to buy or rent.
• Development is in a floodplain, with the applicant providing no mitigation for those living makai.
• The supportive testimony heard was almost exclusively given by those who already have or who will
make money off this application.
Mahalo,
tlaloc tokudac
73-4599 Kukuki St, -�
Kailua Kona HI 96740 ,
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