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DOMINGO: Yeah. You know, Mr. Miranda said he’ll do whatever he can to comply
<br />with it. And it seems like the highway issue has been the only concern here in this meeting
<br />today. But when you look, you know, physically at that area in which his driveway exits and
<br />you look at the configuration of the highway, you know, it’s slanted to the towards the left,
<br />towards the side of the shoulders, and it’s only because as you come further down there’s a turn
<br />that you have to make and go down towards Scouts Camp. You know, so I don’t know what or
<br />how serious a problem that is with the State; and, you know, I’ve seen other areas, other places
<br />where there are more serious concerns that exists; and, you know, those conditions haven’t been
<br />corrected. But in this case, I think because Mr. Miranda is just using the property and because he
<br />has obtained a special permit based on the conditions contained therein -. You know, again, he
<br />has been somewhat negligent, and probably no fault of his because he thought somebody else
<br />was going to do it for him and remind him and do it step by step, and that’s why we
<br />recommended might be the staff can help him. And I think somebody made a comment that, oh,
<br />if it was big developers no problem, they can do it right away, they can hire expertise and
<br />everything. But what we find here is an individual who, he owns a small business and is trying
<br />to make a living himself. In fact, a majority of the people on this island fall in that category.
<br />And I think, as I look at it, as I look at it, Mr. Chairman, we’re here not to make it complicated or
<br />not even making a hardship for people to acquire the permit. We just want to ask, okay, comply
<br />with the conditions; and we help them as much as we can so they can go on with their lives and
<br />become successful in their business endeavors. So, you know, again, I say I’m for the extension
<br />of the time to submit the necessary plans and everything, and from there we go ahead and see
<br />what materializes out of this.
<br />WATANABE: Okay. Well, I don’t want to beat a dead horse but I think you get the
<br />message, yeah? And you kind of dated yourself when you said you graduated in 1966. Times
<br />have changed. So maybe in your mind you satisfied what you needed to satisfy by speaking
<br />with the inspectors and probably a long time ago that would have been fine, yeah. But, again,
<br />like I said, times have changed so, you know, you have to do the paperwork, too. It’s a burden.
<br />I realize that you’re a small businessman, you’d rather be hauling cattle than filling out
<br />applications; but, you know, you have to jump through the hoops like everyone else.
<br />And while we’re on that, the reason I’m bringing this up is, you know, you read through the
<br />conditions that the Director provided you, yeah? And what I’d like to point out is Condition
<br />No. 2, yeah; and what Condition No. 2 talks about is landscaping requirements. As you recall
<br />you’ve had a complaint from an adjoining property about the unsightliness, yeah; and I think it’s
<br />going to be a little cleaner now that you’re finally putting up the building, etc., assuming this
<br />passes. But there still is that requirement for landscaping which would help you be a good
<br />neighbor, yeah. And the reason I’m bringing this up is because we’ve seen in the past where this
<br />comes up where this condition was not met and, you know, the applicant is back in here again
<br />because we have a suggestion that the Special Permit be revoked. So, you know, let’s hopefully
<br />address all of these things at an early stage so we don’t have to be back here again, assuming
<br />things go well. Okay? Anyone else had any comments? Yes, Ms. Siracusa.
<br />SIRACUSA: I just noticed something as you were reading that No. 2, that it refers to
<br />proposed auto repair operation. I think that got transferred over from another template because it
<br />shouldn’t say auto repair operation. It should say, you know, agricultural baseyard.
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