HomeMy WebLinkAboutPL-SMA-2022-000018, PL-SPP-2022-000018 01.02.23 S & C MCINTYRE TESTIMONYDeVera, Ashley
From: srmcintyre@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, January 2, 2023 7:13 PM
To: LPCtestimony
Subject: Public Testimony application by AHU POHAKU HOOMALUHIA for amendments to
SPA #417 and SUP #1117
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TO: Leeward Planning Commissioners
Kona Planning Office
West Hawaii Civic Center
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway
Building E, 2nd Floor
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
FROM: S. R. McIntyre PhD and Cam McIntyre MD
54-278 Honopueo Road
Kapa'au, HI
RE: Public Testimony for AHU POHAKU HOOMALUHIA LLC Application for amendments fo
Special Management Area #417 and Amendment to Special Use Permit #1117
Date: 1 /2/2023
This email is to give public testimony to the Leeward Planning Commisioners - asking them to
strongly REFUSE the application for amendments to SPA #417 and SUP #1117 due to the enormous
burden their retreat expansion from 16 to 36 hotel rooms will have on increased road use on the
current, unsafe, 1/2 mile private Maluhia Road connecting Akoni Pule Highway to Pratt Rd and Lokahi
Road. The construction and maintenance of Maluhia Road by Ahu Pohaku Hoomaluhia LLC created
years of litigation and has been problematic for seventeen TMKs surrounding lots due to non-
compliance of the LLC's Hawaiian Retreat Center not adhering to their special use permit. (see
attached pictures of blind curves and culvert at the bottom on Maluhia)
In their Special Use permit #1117 it states the Maluhia road should be 20 ft wide. The pavement is
only 15 feet wide ... and the remaining 5 ft was to be maintained by the commercial retreat - AHU
POHAKU HOOMALUHIA. This has not happened. The road is unsafe, steep, with poor signage and
lots of water lines on the easements.
Special Use permit #1117 requires an insurance policy for liability for Maluhia and public access to
shoreline. Only recently a public access sign has gone up due to the proposed sale of AHU POHAKU
HOOMALUHIA - retreat center for an approximately 15 million dollar price tag which is still in
negotiation with Hawaii Life Reality. Given a proposed sale the owners need hotel room expansion on
the 5 acres they are carving out for sale at this price. The Hawaiian Retreat Center as a commercial
venture and has only Maluhia Road to access their hotel from the highway ... they need to bear the
cost of maintaining this road for commercial use. Maluhia Road would be much safer if the county
would provide oversite on their special use permit #1117 which requires AHU POHAKU
HOOMALUHIA to maintain/mow the sides of the Maluhia Road.
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Again I request you vote no for these amendments and review the special use requirements and help
enforce them to keep our private Maluhia Road safe for the many community members that use this
road.
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