2021-11-04 Windward Exh B (Public Testimony re SPP 12-138)

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REPLOGLE: I'll be happy to recuse myself. GOMES: It'll probably be better right just for the perception because, like, Commissioner Au was saying asking the kids to pay attention kids this is how government works. Just in case they're watching. REPLOGLE: I will defer that again to our Commission attorney and if she thinks there is a conflict here, I will be happy to recuse myself. GOMES: Okay. REPLOGLE: So. GOMES: I'd like to address the joke at the end of the last hearing. Where it was said that who expects kids to drink 60 gallons of water a day, because where I went to school, we had a building with these fixtures, a toilet, and a urinal. It was for us, as kids we could use it and there was a handle on it, you flush it, and water would come out. Water was used to wash the sewage and next to that was a sink you could wash your hands. You could use the sink as long as you wanted, as much water as you want, you could wash your hair, wash your face, wash your hands and it was actually encouraged. Wash your hands that's what they always taught us, wash your hands. We had another building, and this is in Ka`u in the middle of nowhere right, we had a building that was called a cafeteria. Where they cooked food and guess what they used water to cook the food and when they were done cooking. After they got done serving, they use guess what? Water to clean up. to wipe the tables, mop the floor and water again to wash all the dishes. So, a group of experts got together and decided we're going to break that down and we need 60 gallons of water per day per student for a student to safely navigate through the day. Using water, not just drinking 60 gallons of water a day but, throughout the day washing cleaning, and this is not a school and when I went to school in Ka`u we had Ag. But, when they did this determination, I don't think they took into consideration Ag schools. Now you got to add more water to water the animals, wash the animals, wash the area. Where is all this water supposed to come from. It's not just students drinking 60 gallons of water a day. So, that's it. I'm done, thank you very much. REPLOGLE: Thank you, Mr. Gomes. So, fellow Commissioners do you have any questions for the testifiers? Okay. So, before we go on, I would like to ask our attorney Ms. Kekai if she would care to comment on Mr. Gomes. The possibility that I have a conflict of interest here because there's a Gary Replogle who works for Connections. KEKAL Thank you Chair. REPLOGLE: May I say one more thing. KEKAL Go ahead. 6 EXHIBIT B