2025-02-05 Francisco Luz Filho Testimony

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Item #2 Teppy Mountain LLC Given at WPC 2-6-25 Hearing From: Beto Luz 2-5-25 Francisco Luz Filho Testimony To: W PCtesti mony Subject: Teppy Mountain LLC,TMK(3)2-7-007:001, PL-SPP-2024-000075 Date: Wednesday, February 5,2025 8:36:38 PM Aloha, This letter regards a special permit request (PL-SPP-2024-000075) regarding Teppy Mountain LLC and TMK: (3) 2-7-007:001 . Indian Tree Road is a private road with limited easement rights that extend to the seven parcels that utilize the road on a regular basis. I have owned and resided on my property on 27-467 Indian Tree Road for over 8 years. I have a wife and young children who are homeschooled, and we have a small farm with animals. The first few years that I resided here the property pertaining to tmk (3) 2-7- 007:001 was utilizing a portion within it as a base yard to store work vehicles/equipment. Due to another neighbor's complaint and the lack of a special use permit, the trucks were relocated. There seemed to have been 3 to 4 semi trucks in use at the time, with unlimited access meaning that at times they would come and go multiple times in a single day, with no time restriction. In my experience, those first few years that the trucks were in use were not very pleasant. Indian Tree Road is on a hill, and I am right on the corner of the end of the main portion of the road. My property is the closest to the gate and entry to the property in question, being a narrow road's length away from the gate, where all traffic to the property must stop to open and close it. My property is also in a small valley, so all of the sound around us, on every side, is amplified for my family and I. This special use permit will affect me and my family more than anyone else because we are in such close proximity. Those first few years my family and I worked from our property in hospitality. It was not ideal to have loud trucks coming up and down the road before 5 or 6am for my family and our guests. The noise from the semi trucks would wake us up very early most mornings. My wife also works the evening shift in the restaurant industry, getting home later than most and needing to rest. The early morning trucks make that especially difficult. We already have sleepless nights a few times a year when the cattle on that property must be rounded up. We understand that this is allowable as this is clearly agricultural activity happening on ag land. However adding to the truck movement year round