2022-03-17 Leeward Exh A (Item 1 Cravalho REZ 21-000248)

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DEFRANCO: Yeah, I'd like to make a favorable recommendation to forward to County Council on the applicant's proposed Change of Zone, docket number 21-000248 based on the Planning Director's recommendations which shall be adopted. VITOUSEK: Okay. A motion, is there a second? KANUHA: Second. VITOUSEK: We have a motion on the table to forward a favorable recommendation to the County Council. It's been seconded and we can open it up for discussion amongst the commissioners. Commissioner DeFranco—Vice Chair DeFranco DEFRANCO: Yeah, I thought it was good that you went back and you re-looked at everything and you came back to us with a new proposal and it seemed that you addressed some of the questions that was raised before. One was the porta potties, the parking, the roadside the expansion of the road. I think you guys have done that. I can see it's a very, sort of funny little triangular piece of land that you're trying to do something with. I also did call the Health Department and tried to understand what is required to have a porta potty or not a porta potty, and all of those things, and it is a bit confusing still when you talk to all of them about how it is all determined. But I'm sorry that Faye isn't here today to be here because she actually represents her area, and that gives us, you know, the ability to understand all the more what's happening in the neighborhood. And I'm a little disappointed that you didn't talk to any of the CDP members about this project. But I don't, I see that you need to, you're trying to go forward and do something and you've met us, and I'm just open to what the other commissioners are thinking so we can discuss it now. PAISHON-DUARTE: Thank you, Vice Chair. Thank you for your thoughts. I am not in favor of the proposal, and the reason is, is I think there, I've been spending quite a bit of time in Kohala the past couple of months for other reasons, and folks have been, the common thread of conversation is the desire to keep agricultural lands in agriculture. And the desire to create more opportunities for sustainable food systems. And so, I, I think there's more, the reason why I'm not in favor is because I think more time might be helpful to the applicant to do another round of reach out to community members. I fear if this piece is not addressed, it will cause, it will cause unnecessary conflict and tension in the resident community. That's what I'd like to just offer for the conversation at hand. Thank you. KANUHA: Mahalo, Mahina. Thank you for that input. I, you know, I see it both, on both sides. My family's from Miloli`i. I have my property there. I was born and raised there. I have spoken with different community members up there, in Kohala as well, and there is mixed reviews about what's going on. That small area, kind of going back to food sustainability is such a small piece of the puzzle there that if you look at the Kohala Town, and you know, I did some research about Mr. Cravalho and their whole `ohana and everything that's been, what he's done, and everybody has—it's a small community, so everybody's going to have concerns on what's going on. To me, if you look in town, there's not a lot of local operators that have something to provide. Food, food-wise, there's not a lot of options. There's been kind of the same stuff that's been there in Kohala for a long time. And there's been other operators that have moved here and then gone 6 EXHIBIT A