HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL-SPP-2022-000016 P & J TAMA TESTIMONY 10.31.2022Araujo, Jaclyn
From: Pedro Tama <gptama@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 12:43 PM
To: WPCtestimony
Subject: Nov 3: PL-SPP-2022-016
Attachments: Nov3 Testimony_WindwardPlanningCommssion.pdf
To The Windward Planning Commission:
Kindly see attached pdf below: our written testimony for the upcoming November 3rd meeting.
Mahalo,
Pedro and Jane Tama
WindwardPlanningCommssion
Nov 3, 2022, 9am
PL-SPP-2022-016
Testimony
We are George Pedro Tama and Jane Tama, owners,
TMK (1)-3-1-002-118
13-6516 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd, Pahoa, HI 96778
Our home and small farm is the closest neighbor to the Applicant's
proposed holistic education retreat center, approximately 350 ft from the
the center's main activities.
We support the Applicant's proposed project with some appropriate
conditions. We appreciate the resort's workshop & retreat operating hours,
along with silent hours from 9pm to Sam. What the Application has not
addressed is the acceptable level of noise during operating hours,
especially during evening and nighttime activities, when some of us retire
early.
For the past twenty years our normal bedtime is 8 pm. This is not
uncommon in rural, agricultural, Hawai'i. Over the past 5 years the music,
drumming and occasional loud personal -growth workshop screams have
impacted our lives. Much of this is normal and to be expected from such a
retreat center. But this type of noise after 8 pm impinges greatly on our
ability to sleep. And that ability is crucial for our health, especially as we
are both recent cancer survivors and always in danger of a recurrence. We
are also aware that, in the past, several other neighbors have complained
about the noise coming from the Applicant's eco-village resort.
We therefore respectfully request the Planning Commission to place a
condition of Permit Approval that sound -proofing of the upstairs rec rooms
of the multi -purpose buildings L and M (where most workshops, classes, &
events are likely to occur) be required; and that workshop and event hours
cease operation at 8pm instead of 9 pm. If this is not possible, that a
condition be placed that loud noise, music, drumming. etc., is prohibited
between 8pm and 9pm.
Thank you for your consideration, and
Aloha,
Pedro and Jane Tama