2021-10-07 Windward Exh E Connections New Century Public Charter School & CBESS SPP 12-000138

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REPLOGLE: Thank you, Christian. Okay. Please hold any questions until after the parties have presented. So will the parties for this Special Permit application Docket No. SPP 12-138 identify yourselves for the record and remember to unmute yourself. Let's start with the Applicants Kevin Richardson, Deputy Attorney General (Attorney for Applicant Connections New Public Charter School), Ted Hong (Attorney for the Applicant Community Based Education Services), Heather McDaniel (Chair of CBESS), John Thatcher(Member of CBESS Board and former Principal), Romeo Garcia(Current CBESS Principal, the Intervenor Michael Matsukawa Esq. (Attorney for Intervenor Jeffrey Gomes). HALL: Sorry Chair, point of order. REPLOGLE: Yes, please. HALL: For identifications, you would just let them identify themselves for the record. REPLOGLE: Oh, okay. HALL: "—"read offs, so you can just say you know applicant and then let them identify themselves and then go to the Intervenor and then et cetera. REPLOGLE: Okay. So, Mr. Richardson I guess you have the floor. RICHARDSON: Thank you. Good afternoon, Commissioners and Chair my name is Kevin Richardson and I'm a Deputy Attorney General representing Connections New Century Public Charter School with respect to this Special Permit application No. 12-138. HONG: Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, my name is Ted Hong. I represent Community Based Education Support Services more commonly referred to as CBESS. GARCIA: Aloha, [spoke in the Hawaiian language]. My name is Romeo Garcia and good afternoon to everyone, I am the po`o launu Principal at Connections Public Charter School and I am not a member of the CBESS organization itself, so I represent Connections Charter School. THATCHER: Aloha, I'm glad that Romeo straightened that out. I'm the retired Principal. I retired on July 1 from Connections Public Charter School after 19 years as the principal. My name is John Thatcher. MATSUKAWA: My name is Michael Matsukawa. I'm the Attorney for the Intervenor Jeff Gomes. REPLOGLE: And we are represented in the Planning Department by Deputy Planning Director Jeffrey Darrow and Deputy Corporation Counsel Jean Campbell, Attorney for the Planning Department. I'm going to swear you all in together. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear to affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Windward Planning Commission? MATSUKAWA: I do. 5 EXHIBIT E