COM 1076.001 2018-2020 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

CARR SMITH: You were? All right— RUDOLPH: Yes. CARR SMITH: —very good. Can you proceed, please, with your testimony? Try to keep it to three minutes, if can, please. RUDOLPH: Yes - - - you deny— CARR SMITH: Please state your - - - state— RUDOLPH: —okay for a - - - oh - - - CARR SMITH: Go ahead. = RUDOLPH: Okay - - - deny this - - - or this okay., People in Kona fought hard and long for this conservation land that's surrounding the airport. Anyone get,stranded - - --the'-closest hotels are ten minutes away; that's not that much inconvenience. - `-,was' built - - - before the corona- - - did was hardly add any guests at all. It - - -empty;-and that's when we had tourists and no virus. I'm conce- - - that area. I know the National Park has been. worried about it, too. They try to do a water management - - -. I just don't see any benefit from having a hotel at the airport. We have so little public land around Kona for people to go .to:,. It's, it's just nota good idea. And I hope that you don't approve this, when:people can drive ten, into-to_wn - = Thank you. CARR SMITH: Very -good, thank you, Shannon,_ thank you. = - yourself now, please. All right. Can we please go back to Mr. Bisgard?, Could you`please state your name and tell us your position here? BISGARD:• Yes, good afternoon: M' name is Craig Bisgard. I'm in a room with Chauncey here. I'm the'property manager ib -the Kona Airport. And I'm mostly here to listen and support Chauncey: _But my job would come in -after the fact; when we start looking for potential lessees that want to comOi`n and do this development, I',11 be there to kind of walk through the process. Yeah, so, today I'm just here with Chauncey to answer questions, if I can, when the time comes. Thank you. f CARR SMITH: Very good,, thank you. Mr. Mason, thank you for waiting patiently. Would you like to go ahead with your testimony? MASON: Sure. CARR SMITH: Thank you. MASON: I guess, you know, I actually turned in testimony in the, when the Windward— CARR SMITH: Let us, tell us who you are and what your job is as it relates to all this, if can. 10 DRAFT