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VAN PERNIS: Well, the homelessness problem is not going away; it's not going away at this
<br /> location, and it's an expense on the county and that's a taxpayers - - -. Let me ask you, what in
<br /> 23 years has the developer or its predecessor done for the public of Kona other than create a
<br /> useless concrete monstrosity, which defalcates a value of Kailua-Kona?
<br /> CARR SMITH: Okay, thank you, Mark. Not very productive, but let's move forward. I wanted
<br /> to ask the applicant. Is there any reason why you cannot provide the site maintenance plan with
<br /> the security and the contact within 30 days? I mean, why does it take 90 days to provide that to
<br /> the Planning Department?
<br /> FUKE: Just giving the applicant maximum time to prepare, like even the holidays. But on the
<br /> other hand it's a concept. If the Commission—like, you know, earlier, you know, relating to the
<br /> discussion as far as a specific construction timetable, if that has to be adjusted, then, you know, I
<br /> kind of like came back and then made some suggested changes to the construction timetable—if
<br /> the Commission wants to, you know, decrease the amount of time required to submit the
<br /> maintenance program from 60, I mean from 90 to 60 or 90 to 30 days, then, if that's the term,
<br /> then that's the term.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Okay, thank you. Max, did you have something?
<br /> NEWBERG: Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to clarify for the record my earlier
<br /> request to the owner's representatives, Ms. Yoshimoto mentioned union labor, it was not at all
<br /> my request. I just wanted to note again, want to clean the record that neither was that stated nor
<br /> my request, and also implore to the attorneys, Sid Fuke, and also the owner of Diamond Resorts
<br /> that—we realize these are difficult times for hoteliers, resorts, and also our community here.
<br /> While all areas, all countries have been decimated by this pandemic, our workers aren't able
<br /> and when I say "our,"I mean the residents here of the State of Hawaii—aren't able to travel
<br /> anywhere to work. And I would just implore a resort and hotelier of the nature and magnitude of
<br /> Diamond Resorts to consider that; that when we look at all these projects, we truly want it to fit
<br /> within our community. And the reason that I make that request of international resort, which
<br /> seems to have properties on every continent, also a cruise service, membership, and they are well
<br /> healed, that we are dealing with someone coming into our community, we are hopeful that you
<br /> are committed to building this site, and for that reason we wanted to move forward. But to
<br /> clearly state that you cannot commit to using workers within the State of Hawaii is troublesome.
<br /> And it's also troublesome to not be able to have Larry Oleck here. It's also troublesome to keep
<br /> hearing, "I cannot commit to that, and we'll have to speak with the owners." So I just wanted to
<br /> clear the record and make that statement. Thank you.
<br /> CARR SMITH: Thank you for that, Max. Go ahead, Kim.
<br /> YOSHIMOTO: Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner, for those comments. I appreciate them.
<br /> To be clear, I wasn't saying we can't commit to local workers. I think that is the full intention.
<br /> It was just that, you know, we can't commit right now to use union labor as part of the
<br /> conversation, so I guess I thought that perhaps that was the request. I'd like to say that we do use
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