2020-12-17 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SMA 388)

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Hawaii with international resorts and timeshare companies; is Diamond Resorts willing to commit to using local labor force from the State of Hawaii, as they build this construction proj ect? YOSHIMOTO: I, I don't think, I don't think they can commit today. That can't be a condition to this, but I'm sure they are open to conversations in the future. I work with,just,just so you know, I work with several unions here locally, and that question was posed to me, and that's certainly a discussion that's going to happen at some point, but I don't think we can make a commitment today. But just so you know, I have had discussions with, with a number of different unions. NEWBERG: To be clear, it wasn't a union question at all, and YOSHIMOTO: I was just wonderingI'm sorry. NEWBERG: I do appreciate the sentiment. YOSHIMOTO: Thank you. CARR SMITH: Thanks, Max. Mike, go ahead. VITOUSEK: Can everyone hear me? (No audible response) Okay, thanks. I do want to echo Commissioner Newberg's concern about the lack of the developer here, you know, that was one of the specific things that we requested in the previous meeting, because we do want to ask questions about the feasibility of the development and then the noncompliance with the previous conditions. Has there been any answer to the question that was asked in the previous meeting about when the feasibility study was conducted? FUKE: You mean in terms of the, in terms of the value engineering? Yeah, my understanding VITOUSEK: Yes, the FUKE: Yeah. VITOUSEK: Go ahead. FUKE: Yeah, so after the 2017 plan approval was issued, then, you know, they began to look more aggressively in now coming up with your building plans, because, you know, as you are aware, that the normal permitting progression, you know, you start from, you know, like the SMA or the zoning, and then you apply for your plan approval, and you get the plan approval, then you theoretically now are in the position to prepare your construction plans for your building permit. So prior to the development of the specific plans for the building permit to see whether they are going to utilize or not utilize the existing improvements, so on and so forth, they, in the process of doing the value engineering. And my understanding is that as they were doing that, then of course like they had some,just overall, like there was some, you know, 13 EXHIBIT B