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Araujo, Jaclyn <br /> From: EJ Paterson <ej.paterson@gmail.com> <br /> Sent: Friday, June 9, 2023 3:17 PM <br /> To: Darrow, Jeff, WPCtestimony; John@ land planninghawaii.com; Robert Silber <br /> Cc: Jackson, Maija; Jessica.andrews@hawaii.gov; Kato, Norren <br /> Subject: Silber request for mediation <br /> To: Hawai'i County Planning Department <br /> Chairman, Windward Planning Commission <br /> From: Neighbors in Opposition to PL-SPP-2022-016, Robert Silber <br /> Subj: Silber request for mediation <br /> Complainants in opposition to the application for a Special Permit for a retreat center on Lolia Place have received an <br /> email from Robert Silber, applicant, suggesting a mediation process. <br /> After discussion, the below signed complainants reject this request and reaffirm our request that the matter be <br /> considered by the Windward Planning Commission—hopefully, as requested, at the commission's July meeting. <br /> After discussions and emails with the applicant, we believe there are irreconcilable differences as well as "conditions on <br /> the ground"that cannot be addressed <br /> Moreover, having been involved in the complaint/application process for three and a half years we all share a lack of <br /> trust both in applicant's willingness to abide by any conditions and in the county's inclination and capacity to monitor <br /> and enforce compliance in any timely and effective way. For example, in the Planning Department's Notice of <br /> Violation and Order, dated Dec 5, 2019, it clearly states: <br /> "1. Immediately cease and desist the unpermitted commercial operations and overnight lodging <br /> accommodations on the Property." <br /> The applicant has never ceased operations; he currently has more than 10 separate listings on Airbnb; and the <br /> Planning Department has failed to provide any enforcement of these violations for the past three and a half <br /> years. <br /> Signed: <br /> E. Jeanne Paterson <br /> (808) 443-4304 <br /> 13-6553 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd, Pahoa, 96778 <br /> Edward S. Utyro and Gary R. Hauler <br /> (808) 987-6933 <br /> 13-6519 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd, Pahoa 96778 <br /> George Pedro Tama, and Jane Tama <br /> (808) 938-5618 <br /> 13-6516 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd., Pahoa, 96778 <br /> Francess Rochelle Lawrence <br /> (808) 657-9158 <br /> 13-6546 Kalapana-Kapoho Beach Rd, Pahoa 96778 <br /> Timothy Daniel Furst and Xanthe Lancaster <br /> (206) 419-2298 <br /> i <br />