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trying hard to meet that requirement and have no problem with anything that he has said or
<br />asked. So who else do we need to talk to as the noise issue isconcerned?
<br />The other question is, and maybe this is more related to Mr. Domingo’s question, is if this -. If
<br />part of what you’re waiting for is some kind of an affirmation from the steering committee of the
<br />CDP or something like that, one is I’m not sure that’s the role of the action committees as they’re
<br />established to weigh in on individual projects. I don’t know that that’s -. We could certainly go
<br />talk to Mrs. Bell or, you know, we could take some time and try to get on their agenda to say
<br />does this make sense or not. But that’s really trying to fix the broader CDP to try and solve a
<br />very simple,what I think is,call that needsto get made. Ultimately there’s a call to be made as
<br />to whether or not this is a reasonable thing to do. So if we do do that deferral, you know, and he
<br />has to kind of suck it up and figure it out, we still need some real clarity about that means. And
<br />do you want us to go to the CDP and have the action committees begin to weigh in on such a
<br />thing, or what? So give us the instructions clearly so that we know what you’re asking for, and
<br />not just time because time doesn’t work for our client.
<br />KERN: Madam Director?
<br />LEITHEAD TODD: I was going to say that given timelines I’m not even sure what it would
<br />take, you know, in order to meet the schedule for the CDP, to get it on their agenda, and then get
<br />it back on our agenda. Because we’re required to, typically we put our agendas together, what, a
<br />month in advance. And so the timing might be very difficult to get it to them and something
<br />back to us, particularly if they didn’t comment. Because I think Mr. Domingo’s concern was not
<br />so much this application but the use of special permits, which has not really been addressed.
<br />And so I just, but I do want to say that whichever way the Commission goes since in the past you
<br />haven’t always gone with the recommendation of the Director, the staff does have a set of
<br />conditions if you decide to go the other way.
<br />KERN: Wow, thoughtful. I saw Commissioner Domingo raise his hand. We’re going to
<br />probably move for an executive session here in a minute, but I wanted to say something before
<br />that happens. With all due respect to Commissioner Domingo, the CDP was pretty much
<br />ramroded down the Commission’s throat and the County Council’s throat at a strategic time with
<br />a bully-like element to it, in my opinion. And we haven’t seen very many good things occur
<br />from the CDP in Puna, in my opinion, over the last couple of years; and it’s sad. We have the
<br />village centers where people don’t want them, we have associations that haven’t really even been
<br />spoken to. Now they’re, you know, getting more involved in the process and, you know,
<br />figuring it out.
<br />To even begin to think that we’re going to get something in writing or something amended in the
<br />CDP regarding special permit applications is not realistic, in my opinion, in the next year. And a
<br />lot of the people that were pushing the CDP said, “Hey,we’ll be right back, we’re going to make
<br />all these amendments. The constitution wasn’t perfect, let’s get it, let’s pass it now and amend it
<br />later.” And we’ve seen a few amendments come through, but nothing that has really helped
<br />Puna. Everything that we’ve helped Puna with I think has been due to us making tough decision
<br />to give, you know, an entrepreneur or a community member a chance.
<br />And so I’m personally, you know, my big thing was the traffic on this one. I will support this
<br />and I’m just -. I wish I could have that faith that in two months, you know, we would get
<br />something in the CDP that would really address this. I would appreciate that, I would love that.
<br />But the fact of the matter is that’s not true and that’s not how it works. So here we are again
<br />with another tough decision from a CDP that was pushed, pushed, pushed, pushed, and almost
<br />bullied. Thank you.
<br />DOMINGO: Mr. Chairman?
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