2024-03-31 PL-CCI-2024-000003 Bill 121 Hartley Phillips (County Clerks)

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From: Ouihano,Chasitv To: WPCtestimony Subject: FW: Bill 24-121 Date: Thursday,April 4,2024 1:10:51 PM -----Original Message----- From:Hartley Phillips<hamofhawaii@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday,April 2,2024 12:00 PM To: Council Testimony<counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov> Subject:Bill 24-121 Aloha! This bill,as written,is just another example of the Council's bias in favor of hotels and against families attempting to make a living on the Big Island. I believe that a higher proportion of short term vacation properties are owned by Hawaii families(or people who aspire to retire in Hawaii,as we did many years ago). Hotels are more frequently owned by businesses on the mainland or other countries. This bill is attempting to put more onerous requirements on small businesses(exorbitant fees,more restrictive noise ordinances,excessive bureaucratic reporting requirements,etc)than on these outsiders,who mine our resources for themselves. As Mitch Roth said a month or two ago,the Big Island is the most regulated county of any in the nation. This proposal is just another example. Visitors largely seek the option of enjoying the natural beauty of the Big Island,which short-tenn vacation homes provide wonderfully. They also seek places where they can affordably be with their families and not have to go out to eat at every meal...again,best delivered by short-term vacation homes. We have lived in Hawaii for many years....next to long-tenn owners,short-term vacation renters,and long-tern renters. I can guarantee that individuals,not categories of people,are different and make different amounts of noise, but it's far easier to resolve issues with a short-tern visitor(who,by the nature of the occupancy,is time limited) then a loud,obnoxious neighbor with barking dogs or roosters who cares not to get along. Mahalo for your consideration! Hart Phillips