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Date: January 19' 2023 8:30 AM <br />To: Leeward Planning Commission / Kona Planning Office <br />West Hawaii Civic Center <br />74-5044 Ane Keoholkalole Hwy, Building E <br />Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 <br />From: Mark Castaing and Helen Behrmann <br />PO Box 1135, Kapa'au, HI 96755 <br />CeII: 808 987 8177 <br />RE: Applicant: AHU POHAKU HOOMALUHIA LLC (Formerly Robert Watkins & Jean Sunderland) <br />( PI- SMA-2022-000018) <br />Special Permit (SPP 01-000006 and PL-SPP 20222022-000018, Tax Map Key: 5-4-009:014 <br />AND Application for an amendment to Special Permit No. 1117 <br />Honorable Leeward Planning Commissioners: <br />Hawaii Island Retreat (HIR) was granted a Special Use Permit (SUP) over 20 years ago and has <br />been at odds with its neighbors ever since. <br />HIR has never lived up to its commitments and required mandates for infrastructure on <br />Maluhia Road. <br />1- The surrounding agricultural lots that were a part of Honopueo Community Association <br />(HCA) had much different needs and uses for Maluhia Rd. HIR had special commitments <br />and requirements mandated for their SUP to build a hotel which set them apart from <br />the rest of the community. <br />2- Not only did they not follow "a good neighbor" policy (required as one of the mandates <br />of their SUP). They turned around and sued their neighbors to compel them to pay for <br />their required improvements. Which still left us with a sub -standard road <br />3- The surrounding community has since paved all of Maluhia Rd. The cost was $140,000. <br />70% of this was paid for by the neighbors and 30% by HIR. This worked out well for HIR. <br />HIR guest's, workers and the hotel mandated "public access" put a huge amount of <br />traffic on this road and have no right to more than double the traffic on our community <br />road. Even with the community's efforts this is still a sub- standard road especially with <br />much of its use by visitors that are not use to driving on steep and curvy roads. <br />