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From: David Oasav <br /> To: LPCtestimonv <br /> Subject: Request for Continuation(Postponement)of JEKATERINA MYSIN Special Management Area Use Permit <br /> Application(SMA 21-000078) <br /> Date: Monday,November 18,2024 3:57:34 PM <br /> Dear Honorable Members of the Planning Commission, <br /> I am writing to request,in the strongest terms,the immediate posiponement of the <br /> Special Management Area Use Permit(SMA 21-000078) application for the property of <br /> Jekaterina Mysin. The upcoming review of this application, scheduled for November 21, <br /> 2024, must be delayed until a proper,transparent, and comprehensive public review can <br /> take place. The current state of this application presents a number of severe issues— <br /> issues that cannot be ignored without compromising the integrity of the planning process <br /> and undermining the trust of the public. <br /> As a property owner that lives adjacent to the proposed site on Ali'i Drive,I have been <br /> closely following the progress of this application and the ongoing changes in its <br /> proposals. From my perspective, and from the feedback I have seen from the broader <br /> community,it is clear that the planning commission must postpone this review for a <br /> number of important reasons. <br /> One of the most significant issues is the confusion surrounding the multiple conflicting <br /> site plans that have been submitted. Since the initial application was filed in December <br /> 2020, there have been several revisions, each one introducing discrepancies and shifts in <br /> the proposed scope and scale of the project. The applicant has submitted plans that, at <br /> times, have been incompatible with earlier submissions,leaving the public—myself <br /> included—with no clear understanding of what exactly is being proposed for this site, <br /> and the record currrently has a 40 page amendment that was just added just a few days <br /> ago that clouded the already confusing record with multiple submissions and revisions <br /> after the background report was issued. <br /> The record is now scattered with versions of the proposal that are not only inconsistent <br /> but actively contradictory. The public comment period,which ends today, offers <br /> insufficient time to review such a rapidly changing record,let alone provide informed <br /> feedback.As a result, community members have no clear idea of what they are being <br /> asked to support or oppose, and this leads to an untenable situation where decisions are <br /> being made based on incomplete and conflicting information.A clear, unified site plan <br /> needs to be presented before any further action is taken, and the site plan needs to reflect <br /> the background report or a new background report must be written. <br /> The current Background Report provided by the County of Hawaii's Planning <br /> Department,which serves as the basis for evaluating this application, no longer reflects <br /> the application or permits or plans submitted on the public record and it obsolete and <br /> now outdated. Originally drafted in May 2021,this report does not account for the <br /> substantial changes that have been made to the project's scope in the interim. Notably, <br /> the applicant now proposes the construction of a massive underground parking garage— <br /> a seismic shift from the earlier plans that envisioned only minimal grading and ground- <br /> level improvements. This new proposal would require extensive excavation and <br /> stockpiling,which was never addressed in the original report, and the county never <br />