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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT <br /> AUGUST 5, 2021 <br /> Public testimony regarding the application of CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC <br /> CHARTER SCHOOL/COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES <br /> (CBESS) (SPP 12-000138) was called to order at 9:05 a.m. via live stream online meeting, with <br /> Chairman John Replogle presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Dean Au, Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, Michelle <br /> Galimba, Dennis Lin, John Replogle <br /> EXCUSED AND RECUSED: Thomas Raffipiy <br /> ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Malia Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), <br /> Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Department), Jeffrey Darrow (Deputy Planning <br /> Director), Maija Jackson (Planning Program Manager), and Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador <br /> (Windward Planning Commission Secretary) <br /> APPLICANT: CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/ <br /> COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES (CBESS) (SPP 12-000138) <br /> Discussion and action limited to the procedural question on whether the Windward Planning <br /> Commission will make a decision on the record as presented or open the record to hear new <br /> evidence regarding Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138, which was remanded back to the Windward <br /> Planning Commission by Intermediate Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with its <br /> January 31, 2020 Memorandum Opinion vacating the County of Hawaii Windward Planning <br /> Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and Order,which denied Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138. <br /> The subject Special Permit sought to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities <br /> and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural <br /> District. The property is located on both the southwest and northeast sides of Edita Street near its <br /> intersection with Kaumana Drive and adjoining the Pacific Plantation Subdivision in Kaumana, <br /> South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-006:141 <br /> Secretary's Note: "—" indicates indiscernible speech due to internet/technical difficulties or <br /> simultaneous talk. <br /> REPLOGLE: We have one testifier registered to give oral testimony for Item 42 <br /> Connections/CBESS (SPP 12-138). Henry Lee Loy. I ask that you limit your testimony to three <br /> minutes. Also, I would like to remind you that your testimony should be limited to the <br /> procedural question before the Commission today and should not include testimony on the merits <br /> of the application. <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />