2021-07-15 DRAFT Joint Hearing Exh B

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CLARKSON: So, I just want to ask one more question for clarification. So, the Planning Department will accept a scanned image document of a handwritten application? KERN: Yes. CLARKSON: That's quite in question format. KERN: Yes. REPLOGLE: Thank you. CLARKSON: Thank you. KERN: Yes, if it was handwritten, handwritten out and then scanned into a PDF and uploaded into the system, you are in good shape. We will also have fillable forms as well. REPLOGLE: Mr. Darrow? DARROW: Thank you Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to take this time it seems like the Commissioners had enough opportunity to ask questions. We did receive several correspondences regarding suggested changes so, if I could kind of focus back on those and then working with our Corporation Counsel, we have a suggestion or two that we'd like to also include as part of it. And this is in response to some of the comments that we received going through the changes that the Board of Appeals for their rules similar to these rule changes. We've talked about it a lot and we've gone through several meetings discussing this one section regarding bankruptcy. The whole intent of that particular section is when the Planning Department can or cannot or will not accept an application. So, if real property taxes are not paid on a property, we won't accept the application. But we have been informed by the Finance Director that there are certain situations where they do not have to pay their taxes. One of them is when the bankruptcy Court holds it in stay and she just said use other similar models, but it had to do with other legislative actions. She just asked to keep it general because she couldn't be very specific on that. We would confer with her if a particular applicant was going through a legislative action or a legal action that stayed any real property taxes so that we could move forward with the acceptance of that application. In regard to bankruptcy, we've had a recent case where that happened. In a bankruptcy Court a particular applicant was stayed on paying their real property taxes, we were able to accept the application moving forward. Corey Harden had requested why the change from 30 to 40 days for minutes. We're being reflective of what the State law is in HRS 91-9.5, I'm sorry, yes, I believe that's it, 91-9. It changes it from 30, it's now 40 days legally that the Departments or the Counties have to place the minutes online. In regard to a request of placing audible files on the internet or available to the public currently because of Zoom and because of our recording of YouTube, we are able to do that, so that is already available. When a meeting is recorded after we are done with it, it's uploaded to YouTube, and somebody can go there and review the audible and visual files for that particular 8 EXHIBIT B (DRAFT)