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DeVera, Ashley <br />From: Katherine <k2pome@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Friday, January 6, 2023 1:50 PM <br />To: LPCtestimony <br />Cc: Karl Toubman; Katherine <br />Subject: TESTIMONY REGARDING Applicant: AHU POHAKU HOOMALUHIA LLC <br />Attachments: 4 fences blocking access.jpg; 4 fences marked.jpg; western coastal fence.jpg; <br />PCRS.jpeg; BOC Doc 2009-829853 Public Access.pdf; 4 fences blocking public <br />access.pdf; 010623 Plannning Commission Letter.pdf <br />Please find attached our 1/6/23 testimony and supporting documents. The testimony is in this email and <br />attached as a PDF. <br />Thank you, <br />Katherine Pomeroy and Karl Toubman <br />January 6, 2023 <br />To: Leeward Planning Commission / Kona Planning Office <br />West Hawaii Civic Center <br />74-5044 Ane Keoholkalole Hwy, Building E, <br />Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br />From: Karl Toubman and Katherine Pomeroy <br />PO Box 1556, Kapa'au, HI 96755 <br />Cell: 808.895.1911 <br />RE: Applicant: AHU POHAKU HOOMALUHIA LLC ( Formerly Robert Watkins and Jean Sunderland). (PI- SMA - <br />2022 -000018). <br />Special Permit (SPP 01-000006 and PL -SPP 20222022-000018, Tax Map Key: 5-4-009:014 <br />AND Application for an amendment to Special Permit No. 1117 <br />Honorable Leeward Planning Commissioners, <br />As people who use Maluhia Road as an easement to our farm, and as members of the Kohala community, we are against <br />the proposed changes set forth in the applications cited above for the following reasons: <br />1. Maluhia Road is unsafe. Adding more traffic is foolish. According to the applicant's permit, that road needs <br />to be 20' wide. There are places where it is not, with steep cliffs preventing the 20' width. Along the west side <br />are 5 drisco water lines, further preventing widening of the road. There is no road maintenance agreement among <br />the 17 users of that easement. The overgrowth further exacerbates the blind curves on Maluhia Road. Maluhia <br />Road is not fit for the current traffic, let alone increasing it as proposed. Two cars cannot pass on Maluhia Road. <br />To our knowledge, the Retreat does not carry a current liability insurance policy for Maluhia Road. Are the <br />neighbors/Maluhia easement grantees subject to liability for accidents on Maluhia Road? The special permit <br />stipulates that HIR cannot use Union Mill Road or go through Kamehameha Park, although they have used Union <br />i <br />