2022-07-21 Leeward Exh H (Items 5&6 Hawaii One1 PL-REZ-2022-000014 & PL-SMA-2022-000012)

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COMMISSIONERS: Aye. VITOUSEK: Any opposed? [None.] Okay, motion carries. Thank you. Okay, could the applicant please come forward? Thank you. Would you please raise your right hand? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on the matter before the Planning Commission? APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVES: Yes. VITOUSEK: Mahalo. Okay,please state your name and town you live in and proceed. VAN BERGEN: Ken Van Bergen, Kailua-Kona. ARAI: Good afternoon, Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission. My name is Daryn Arai. I'm a land use planning consultant here assisting the applicant, Hawaii Onel Investors. Mr. Van Bergen already introduced himself, he is a consultant to the applicant. We also have two additional consultants helping the consultants sitting behind me; one of them is Mr. Sidney Fuke in the back who resides in Hilo, and also Mr., Dr. Alan Haun who is an archaeologist, consulting archaeologist for the project. Anyway, we know it's been a long day. We appreciate your time and service, so I'll try to be as concise as possible. At the direction of the Leeward Planning Commission at our, after our April meeting, you know, we did meet with the Cultural Resources Commission. It was a very engaging discussion, and their recommendations and the record itself is before all of you for your consideration. And with that said, the applicant does accept the recommendation of the Cultural Resources Commission to seek out further consultation with the lineal descendants from the land and the adjoining property to the south. With that, we have prepared a proposed condition for your consideration that we hope can be included as part of the Planning Director's recommended conditions of approval for the propose- amendment request. And I'll wait for it to be distributed, sorry. [Mr. Kay distributed the applicant's proposed condition.] So again, briefly, the condition that we are looking at states that"With the input of the County Cultural Resources Commission, the applicant shall form a Cultural Advisory Group (CAG) consisting of, but not limited to, lineal and cultural descendants from the proposed parcel and neighboring ahupua`a to provide consultation during the planning and implementation phases of this project. The CAG shall be in place within 60 days of final approval of the rezoning time extension. The applicant shall provide a report of the activities of the CAG in conjunction with the annual report requirement of the rezoning ordinance." So, that as a condition will hold the applicant, you know, to standing up this advisory group that will help guide the design of the project going forward. With that said, I kind of wanted to take a step back and kind of re-present ourselves as we sit here today. And I wish to do that by basically asking two fundamental questions: Has all the, has the project checked all of the proper regulatory boxes, and by checking those boxes how we adequately address the concerns of the general public and the reviewing agencies? And I believe the applicant can affirm both of those questions. 9 EXHIBIT G