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From: ianet Matlock <br /> To: LPCtestimonv <br /> Subject: LPC testimony Item#1 Boaz 5-15-25 <br /> Date: Monday, May 12,2025 4:37:38 PM <br /> Aloha Leeward Planning Commissioners, <br /> I offer some questions for the Leeward Planning Commission to ask on this proposal: <br /> (1) Land Speculation: In 2019 the property was for sale. <br /> Given its Long history of owning this property,does Boaz,under its current incarnation in affiliation with <br /> Minnesota-based builder KJ Walk,actually plan to build,and if so,does it have the funding secured to build? <br /> Or is their intention to secure yet another extension and increase density to entice a buyer? <br /> It is notable that in the Language of the planning director's report,this new project would be approved for 5 <br /> years,with an additional five-year extension possible. <br /> One neighbor who presumably is concerned about how the Landowners have allowed the property to be <br /> squatted on by houseless individuals,wants the public ocean access to be on the opposite side of his condo, <br /> stating, "We already have major problems with constant trespassers&parking violators,especially the <br /> locals..." <br /> While I am hopeful this individual was simply speaking out of frustration at the Lack of caretaking by the <br /> current owners,shouldn't it in fact be"the locals"who have more access to the ocean, not Less? <br /> (2) Lack of Affordable Housing:This is yet another vacation-rental type project dating back decades.As the <br /> Commissioners are well aware,what we Lack in Kailua Kona is affordable and workforce housing. <br /> Do we really need additional vacation and second-home properties? <br /> (3) Water: Kailua Kona has frequent water and ongoing restrictions, including a 10%voluntary restriction at <br /> the present time.The Dept.of Water Supply has not determined how much water will be required by this <br /> project. <br /> Is this open-ended approval really how we should be allocating our precious water resources? <br /> (4) Tsunami:This proposal is sited on a narrow strip of Land fronting the ocean,with one driveway accessing <br /> a narrow and already overburdened two-Lane road. ALi`i Drive has been and will be again completely at a <br /> standstill in a tsunami evacuation. Unless all the occupants somehow make it to the top of the building and <br /> the tsunami doesn't exceed,the likelihood of tragedy is obvious. <br /> This is an expired project owned by out-of-state interests,who have not been good stewards of the Land.You <br /> (not the County Council)are the final say on this proposal. Please do not approve this unnecessary project. <br /> Mahalo for your time and attention, <br /> janet Matlock <br />