2023-04-20 DRAFT Joint Meeting Exh B (Proposed Amendments to PC Ruls 8 & 9)

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CAMERO: My apologies, I did catch that one, when I was doing the PowerPoint presentation. However, if I'm not mistaken within the rule itself that was — VITOUSEK: Okay. CAMERO: — actually correct. VITOUSEK: Okay. CAMERO: And I don't know where Amy came from, it supposed to be any. VITOUSEK: Cool and then Page 9 and 11. There's a reference to sand beaches. Let's see. Yeah. DEFRANCO: It is supposed to be sandy beaches. VITOUSEK: So, sand beaches. I would replace sand beaches with capital B, Beaches. So, it's under the defined term of"beaches." Right, because we're adding a definition of"beaches"which includes sand beaches and so, I don't think, I think having the capital B, Beaches as a defined term, right. DEFRANCO: Thank you. VITOUSEK: Okay, that's it for me. DEFRANCO: Okay. Yes, Commissioner Knowles. KNOWLES: Commissioner Knowles, thank you. Chair DeFranco, I wanted to pick up the query about 8-10 (a)(3). Which addresses the waiver of public hearing and action. Specifically, 8-10(a)(3) states "other structures or activities; provided that no person or agency has requested a public hearing within twenty-five calendar days after public notice of the application". I'd like to see this taken out. It seems to me that this provision of 8-1 0(a) gives the Commission, allows the Commission to delegate to the Department the authority to waive the public hearings for these instances where it seems sort of exigent circumstances. Stabilization of the shoreline, protection of a structure that's at risk and maintenance repair and reconstruction and that this other structures or activities is a little bit too broad and maybe doesn't belong in this section. Because it's so, sort of general. DEFRANCO: Someone would like to comment? [indecipherable crosstalk] KNOWLES: I'm open to feedback on that one. DEFRANCO: Comment on that too? CAMERO: This particular section was just added,just to make a comment. This particular section was added due to the changes in HRS that added the section and when we 22 EXHIBIT B (DRAFT)