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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> TESTIMONY TRANSCRIPT <br /> OCTOBER 7, 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 9:09 a.m. via live stream online meeting, with <br /> Chairman John Replogle presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Gilbert Aguinaldo, Dean Au, Joseph Clarkson, Michelle <br /> Galimba, Dennis Lin, John Replogle <br /> 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), Christian Kay (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 SERIVES (CBESS) <br /> (SPP 12-000138) <br /> Hearing on Special Permit application SPP No. 12-000138 record as presented on appeal. SPP <br /> No. 12-000138 was remanded back to the Windward Planning Commission by Intermediate <br /> Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with its January 31, 2020 Memorandum <br /> Opinion vacating the County of Hawaii Windward Planning Commission's May 12, 2014 <br /> Decision and Order, which denied Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138. Application for a Special <br /> Permit to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities and related uses on <br /> approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural District. The property <br /> is located on both the southwest and northeast sides of Edita Street near its intersection with <br /> Kaumana Drive and adjoining the Pacific Plantation Subdivision in Kaumana, South Hilo, <br /> Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-006:141. <br /> Secretary's Note: "—" indicates indiscernible speech due to internet/technical difficulties or <br /> simultaneous talk. <br /> REPLOGLE: Okay. We're going to move on to statements from the public on agenda items <br /> now. We have 12 testifiers registered to give oral testimony and their testimony is for Item 44 <br /> Connections /CBESS (SPP 12-138). So, I am going to call your names and I guess you should <br /> get online, or you should be online, and I will swear you all in together. It's Ming Peng, Anna <br /> Kennedy, Fay Sakata, Jeff Gomes, Pauline Ke'ala Lee Loy, Dr. Henry Lee Loy, Jason Turner, <br /> Kimo Miller, Sadira(Sprout) Kirkham - student, Ngetroi Rall - student, Kaitlyn Grogg-student, <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br />