2020-11-19 Leeward Planning Commission Minutes

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Chair Carr Smith said that Ms. Hall would look into the practice of the County Council and other boards and commissions. Commissioner Van Pernis expressed his opinion that recusal and conflict of interest are the same thing, as one recuses oneself for a conflict of interest, and that having bias is not the grounds for recusal because people are all biased for something. Mr. Darrow stated that staff would place the topic on the agenda for the December 17, 2020, meeting under the administrative matters. Chair Carr Smith reminded Mr. Darrow that Commissioner Vitousek had requested to place a certain discussion item on a future agenda, which was about possibly adding a clause to the County Code, involving passage of time and changing conditions to be considered when evaluating a time extension request. Commissioner Vitousek confirmed that he had made the request at the October 15, 2020, meeting, although there was no verbatim transcription of the discussion. Ms. Hall, having been absent from the meeting, requested Commissioner Vitousek to email her his thoughts on the topic so that she could do some research towards his intention. She said that if it was going to be a County Code amendment initiated by the Commission, and that would eventually be up at the County Council, she would like to look more into it. Mr. Darrow said that this would be placed on the December 17, 2020, meeting agenda as well. Mr. Darrow also said that another matter to be agendized in the near future, which had been put off, was a training session regarding the State Historic Preservation Division procedures in relation to conditions of approval. Chair Carr Smith inquired about approach to expired permits, which both the Leeward and Windward Planning Commissions previously discussed. Mr. Darrow responded that the discussion had resulted in a different direction that each Planning Commission was looking towards, and that there would have to be a joint meeting for any code or rule change to pass. He said that staff would bring forward the discussion result of both commissions at the next meeting of each commission for further discussion towards a joint meeting. Commissioner Van Pernis commented that what the commissioners were talking about, and what Commissioner Vitousek was looking for in his previous request, was a sunset provision for development permits, where if things were not done by the prescribed date, the development permit would terminate. There being no further comments from the commissioners, Chair Carr Smith noted that there would be an election of chairperson and vice chairperson for next year at the December 17, 2020, meeting. She added that the current vice chairperson Commissioner Kealoha's term would expire at the end of this year, with a potential holdover through March 2021, and that her term would expire at the end of March 2021, with a potential holdover through June 2021. ANNOUNCEMENTS None. 5 Leeward Planning Commission November 19,2020,Meeting Minutes