PL-SMA-2023-000036 02.24.24 J. MATLOCK TESTIMONY

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Araujo, Jaclyn From: janet Matlock <matlockjanet@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2024 3:23 PM To: LPCtestimony Subject: Oppose SMA application PL-SMA-2023-000036, Tinguely/Walua Partners Aloha kakou, Mahalo for this opportunity to testify on the SMA application of PHIL TINGUELY, MANAGING MEMBER OF WALUA PARTNERS, LLC (PL-SMA-2023-000036), Application for a Special Management Area Use Permit to develop eighteen multiple-family residential units and related development on a 3.0-acre parcel situated in the Special Management Area, located at 75-5885 Walua Road. We do not need more vacation rental properties. Even if we did need more vacation rentals, we do not need them at the expense of our precious and rapidly diminishing cultural resources. This application states that, on October 25, 2022, "The applicant submitted a design review for the current proposed project to the Kailua Village Design Committee; it was approved by the committee." What is not included in this simple statement is any of the discussion held during this and the Design Committee's prior meeting. What is also not explicitly stated in the application before you today is the fact that this project is intended for short-term vacation use, although it was clearly acknowledged as such in the Design Committee meetings. My ask is that the Planning Commission deny this SMA application. At minimum, I ask that the Planning Commission refer this application to the Cultural Resources Commission for review and guidance prior to any other further consideration of this project. A few selected quotes from the minutes of Kailua Village Design Commission: From August 23, 2022: "Commissioner Ikeuchi, noting that her role on the Commission is to provide cultural feedback, said that she would be voting no on the application. She said that she wanted to be transparent as to why she could not support the application;she said that she found it disgusting that a lot of development was happening with the purpose of short-term vacation rentals while the COVID pandemic proved the economy based solely on tourism to be detrimental and while there were so many local families with housing crisis. She said that she also found it incredibly alarming to see archaeological sites on the site plan showing that that was the only area to be preserved even though all of it was archaeological, and to see that all around the subject parcel was developed,she said that it was like trying to squeeze out as much profit as possible from every inch of'dina. She also expressed her concern that there would be more stress on the roads and more pressure on the aquifer. She added that people could not eat concrete or drink money." 1