2020-07-02 Exh B Dr. Brian Sugai (Amend REZ 09-101)

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indicated finally revised plans were submitted to the County Building Department for processing. In the meantime, a separate the grading permit was also submitted and completed. As was indicated by the staff the site right now has been entirely denuded, It's been cleared. The site is ready for the vertical to be constructed. I was just informed by Dr. Sugai this morning that the building permit actually has been issued. I asked him further what's the status of the financing. He essentially said the financing is there, the bank is just waiting for the outcome of these time extension requests. So, upon favorable consideration by this Commission and ultimately the County Council then the financing is there. So, along those lines in my discussion with the staff. The original request called for like you know five (5) year construction window. If you can't do it then ask for an administrative time extension and when the staff and I had a discussion and further with myself with the Applicant. Is six (6) years more than sufficient and given where he is right now borrowing what happens with Covid and all that stuff. The building should be up within the next couple years. So, having said that you know we only can ask for your favorable consideration for the time extension request. RAFFIPIY: Thank you very much. Any questions for Mr. Fuke from the Commission? Dr. Sugai you need to make any presentation? SUGAL No. RAFFIPIY: Okay, thank you, Thank you very much. At this time, we have, um' wait. Did you receive the Planning Director's background and recommendation report on this? FUKE: Yes, we did and as I indicated in the beginning, I had a chance to review it with the Applicant and found them totally acceptable and also as amended by the staff this morning. RAFFIPIY: Right, right. Thank you. Thank you very much appreciate it. At this time, we have one public testimony, Mr. Dwight Vicente. Mr. Dwight Vicente, he is not sworn. So,please you have three minutes to do your presentation. Your testimony. VICENTE: Good morning again, my name is Dwight Vicente representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. The lands in question is the Crown lands. It was leased out as Agricultural lands under King Kalakaua for 25 years. That would bring it up to 1915. The Applicant is a Japanese National as far as the history shows the treaty between the Emperor of Japan and King Kalakaua ended in 1897. So, there's no valid treaty with this Kingdom and Japan at the present time. And the other parties Japan after World War II became an unincorporated territory of the U.S. The U.S. is illegally occupying Japan. They even got a Constitution written by General McArthur, that's illegal. So, whatever treaty they have today they got a Banana Government that does a treaty under right now Prime Minister Abe. So, that's all illegal. The history of the Japanese like with the other plantation workers they came over as contract slaves. The problem was that the contract was EXHIBIT B