2021-08-19 Leeward Exh A (Public Testimony re Amend USE 05-001)

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LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION COUNTY OF HAWAII TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT AUGUST 19, 2021 Public testimony regarding the application of PARKER SCHOOL (Amend USE 05-001)was called to order at 9:36 a.m. via live stream online meeting, with Chairman Michael Vitousek presiding. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Michael Vitousek, Shani Armbruster, Barbara DeFranco, Clement"CJ" Kanuha III, and Faith"Faye" Yates EX-OFFICIO MEMBER PRESENT: Robyn Matsumoto (Department of Public Works, Engineering Division) ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Esq. (Counsel for Department of Public Works), Dalilah Schlueter, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Department), Zendo Kern (Planning Director), Jeffrey Darrow (Deputy Planning Director), Christian Kay (Planner), Tracie-Lee Camero (Planner), and Noriko Sauer (Leeward Planning Commission Secretary) APPLICANT: PARKER SCHOOL (Amend USE 05-001) Application to amend Condition No. 11 (Roadway Improvements) of Use Permit No. 05-001, to remove the requirement to complete roadway improvements prior to the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy for the gymnasium. Use Permit No. 05-001 allows the establishment of an elementary school (grades K-6) and expansion of the Parker School complex on 14.32 acres of land situated within the Agricultural-1 acre (A-la) and Single Family Residential-7,500 square feet(RS-7.5) zoned district. The subject properties are located between Kapi`olani Road and Waikoloa Stream, Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaii TMK: (3) 6-5-004:025, 026, 028 and 063. VITOUSEK: First up will be Elizabeth Dunn. Please state your name and the town you live in. DUNN: Okay, thank you and good morning, my name is Elizabeth Dunn. I'm in Kona, so, clearly, there is not a proximity issue to the issue with the Parker School. I happened to look at the Planning Commission agenda recently and just kind of got interested by the item and went back and looked at the YouTube meeting from July, so that's sort of the context of where I'm speaking from, and it's more from a, I would, I guess I would say a citizen planner perspective. My husband and I come up to Waimea every weekend, we go shopping at the local farmers markets, so I'm very familiar with the Parker School. I guess my, my question is more about its, or context, the comment, is about sort of the project, when it was initially proposed and conceived, it's had a number of extensions in the last few years, and the background report at the July Planning Commission meeting indicates that there is little to noneI think the word "remote"was used—about possibility of expansion of the middle school. So it, it doesn't quite feel like the request to defer the condition for off-site improvements is all of itsit doesn't feel 1 EXHIBIT A