2020-02-20 Leeward Exh D (AMEND REZ 2004-024 & AMEND REZ 2004-025)

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KAY: I don't know the answer to that. We didn't receive any letters in support as well. The Planning Department, the Director is making a recommendation for unfavorable for the reasons stated prior. VAN PERNIS: Thank you. KAY: Thank you. CARR SMITH: Questions from other Commissioners? [None.] Okay, very good, thank you. Applicant, come forward, please. Good morning. Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Leeward Planning Commission? REPRESENTATIVES: I do. CARR SMITH: Thank you. One at a time, can you please state your name and your area of residence and your role here, please? FUKE: Sure. Good morning, Madam Chair, Members of the Commission. My name is Sidney Fuke. I'm a planning consultant. My address is in Hilo, Hawaii. I've been retained by the applicants to assist with the processing of these applications. COOK: Good morning, I'm Brian Cook. I've lived here in Kona for the last 32 years. VAN BERGEN: Good morning. Ken Van Bergen, Kailua-Kona, I'm here representing Spring Capital Group who is looking to acquire an interest in this, in these projects to complete development. I also have been here for 55 years, I might add. CARR SMITH: Go ahead. FUKE: Sure,thank you very much, Madam Chair. In the interest of time, as the staff had indicated, you know, we are just kind of consolidating both applications in the sense that there's a lot of similar infrastructure obligations, the land use relationship, there is a symbiotic relationship. I'd like to kind of like do the presentation more from a chronological perspective to kind of help put the projects in better light, I guess. Essentially, you know, who are the developers? Essentially, we had Puaa Development. It's a Hawaii-based LLC, and then the authorization is Mr. Brian Cook. Mr. Cook has done like a number of projects, smaller projects here on this island, most notably, the Malulani Gardens, you know, it's a subdivision, as well as a housing project as well. Suffolk Investment, it's a Denver-based LLC. The principal on that is James Schuler. Schuler, as some of you may know, is well-known in the housing industry, Schuler Homes. And in 2002 he kind of collaborated and basically merged with D.R. Horton, one of the larger home builders here in the State of Hawaii. Schuler was, you know, D.R. Horton and Schuler, was responsible for a lot of the homes that were constructed at the Pualani Subdivision, which is situated generally mauka of the subject properties. 11 EXHIBIT D