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Commissioner Mina said his employer, Yamada and Sons, built and <br />road and installed the gate in the area. He expressed serious concerns of having the <br />public utilize the roadway as they may create a hazard for the Yamada and Sons trucks <br />that carry 40-tons of material per load. Mr. Darrow pointed out that there is <br />approximately .5 miles of roadway that the public uses to go to the County landfill and <br />skeet range; and he suggested a Ðno trespassing signÑ be placed on the gate or someone to <br />monitor the gate to discourage the public from entering the area. <br />Commissioner Kubota noted the State Land Use Commission again expresses their <br />concern with the manner in which related projects are often conveniently apportioned <br />into areas under 15 acres so as to appear to deliberately bypass the State Land Use <br />CommissionÓs review; and she questioned whether the County is taking some actions or <br />doing studies to see the result of segmented requests as they come in. In response <br />Mr. Hayashi said as the Planning Department shares her concern and as they are aware <br />that this particular landowner has a number of existing special permits under 15 acres, <br />they have informed the landowner that any future applications would have to be <br />forwarded to the State Land Use Commission. <br />The applicantÓs representative, Byron Fujimoto, stated he did re <br />agreement with the Planning DepartmentÓs background report and r <br />agreed with Commissioner Mina that it would create a dangerous situation if the public is <br />allowed into the quarry site and noted that they do not intend to utilize the area for retail <br />services. He added that they do not plan to use the same type of trucks that Yamada and <br />Sons uses but they plan to use more like the semi-trailers. <br />In response to the CommissionÓs inquiries, Mr. Fujimoto said from the standpoint of <br />safety they will look into putting up signs so the public knows they should not go further <br />than necessary, especially to entrance of the quarry location. He said it really depends on <br />market conditions on how fast it would take to quarry the aggregate out; and their normal <br />business days are Monday to Friday, but they would need to work weekends if there is a <br />demand for products, but it is sporadic. He then explained consistent aggregate yields <br />generally consists of blue or solid rock, which they try to conserve for asphalt paving; <br />and the other aggregate is like aÓa type of material that is not suitable for building roads <br />or concrete-type buildings. He added that the rationale for this request is to obtain more <br />blue rock material as the blue rock material from the other quarry was used for the Keaau <br />Bypass Road. <br />There was no one from the public wishing to testify on this agen <br />In light of Commissioner MinaÓs concerns and Mr. FujimotoÓs comments, Mr. Yuen <br />suggested adding a condition that no retail sale of quarried materials is allowed from the <br />project site. Mr. Fujimoto asked for clarification as they would like for private truckers <br />to pick up their materials. Mr. Yuen then suggested adding a sentence that removal of the <br />materials shall be done only by licensed commercial haulers or by licensed contractors, to <br />which Mr. Fujimoto agreed to. <br />3 <br /> <br />