2021-12-16 Leeward Exh B (Public Testimony re Item 7 Onaka SPP)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT DECEMBER 16, 2021 Public testimony regarding the application of RACHELLE ONAKA (PL-SPP-2021-000003) was called to order at 9:57 a.m. via live stream online meeting, with Chairman Michael Vitousek presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Michael Vitousek, Barbara DeFranco, Clement"CJ" Kanuha III, Mahina Paishon-Duarte, and Faith"Faye" Yates ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Dalilah Schlueter, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Department), Zendo Kern (Planning Director), Maija Jackson (Planning Program Manager), Christian Kay (Planner), Jessica Andrews (Planner), Tracie-Lee Camero (Planner), Eric Cook (Planner), and Noriko Sauer(Commission Secretary) APPLICANT: RACHELLE ONAKA (PL-SPP-2021-000003) Application for a Special Permit to establish a three-bedroom bed and breakfast establishment within an existing single-family dwelling and an adjoining guest house on 1.312 acres of land situated within the State Land Use Agricultural District. The subject property is located at 76-3724 Duarte Road, approximately 410 feet from its intersection with Mamalahoa Highway, H6lualoa I" & 2nd Partition Lots Mauka, H61ualoa, Hawaii, TMK: (3) 7-6-005:017. Secretary's Note: "- - -" indicates indiscernible speech due to internet/technical difficulties or simultaneous talk. VITOUSEK: Moving on, we have testimony on agenda Item Number seven (7). Testifier is Anne "Antu" Harvey, would you please state your name and the town that you live in. HARVEY: Good morning, my name is Antu Harvey, and I live in the village of H61ualoa. Thank you Chair and Commissioners for this opportunity. I would like to read my statement, because I know from testifying, I have a hard time staying within three minutes. So, in isolation is a specific case, I am not against Rachelle Duarte Onaka request for a Special Permit to convert her farmworker dwellings into a bed and breakfast business enterprise. The Duarte and Onaka ohana are farming and ranching kama`aina and very connected and active community member and they are good neighbors. However, looking through a broader perspective, I am very concerned for the implications to our community over time. As the density continues to spread across and transform our open and rural landscape. Our Big Island benefits and suffers from still having vast tracts of land that hold much potential, including remaining as open space and rural ag lands and rural residential areas. Unlike the other islands, most of our land has not been irrevocably paved or built over. But this is changing and in Kona the pace is accelerating. I would like you to consider 3 areas of broader 1 EXHIBIT B