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some ways than coqui frogs so, until you have a major infestation and you get stung by it; and
<br />it’s wiping out all the other insects on your property. So I’d just like to bring that up.
<br />WATANABE: Mr. Chair?
<br />GRAHAM: Commissioner Watanabe.
<br />WATANABE: Yeah, I’m afraid, you know, this is a pretty slippery slope that we’re
<br />playing on now. You know, if we start regulating coqui frogs, fire ants, and God knows what
<br />else, where does it end? I can appreciate the fact that, you know, there are certain things that
<br />maybe the public in general does not care for; and since the developer is willing to throw in or
<br />concede to the coqui frog, that they issue in the covenant, hopefully that’s the end of it though. I
<br />mean are we going to keep on adding more things to the covenants that are beyond, say, a
<br />planning issue?
<br />GRAHAM: All right. Thank you. Any other questions or -? Mr. Fuke, you had
<br />something to say?
<br />FUKE: I think that, you know, based on what Mr. Duncan, who’s the landscape
<br />consultant to the project, had indicated, while his representations are all being made, you know,
<br />to this Commission, they’re all part of the record. I think that just for the assurance of the
<br />Commission if you, you know, as the Chair had suggested, if you wish to include such a
<br />provision, you know, within the restrictive covenants then, you know, you might want to
<br />consider something along this line -- that on Condition No. 5 where it talks about the restrictive
<br />covenants in the deeds, within the subject property shall, and maybe you can say something like,
<br />“incorporate control of alien plant and insect species and give notice that the terms,” etc., etc.,
<br />etc.
<br />GRAHAM: Commissioner Woodward?
<br />WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, I would agree with Commissioner Watanabe. This is really
<br />a very slippery slope. I don’t think anybody else in Puako Bay has to make sure their plants are
<br />free of coqui frogs or fire ants before they bring them in and plant them. Now we’re asking
<br />something exceptional. If they’re going to agree to it, more power to them. But we’re a
<br />Planning Commission. We’re not the Department of Agriculture and we’re not in charge of
<br />entomology. I think it’s an unreasonable condition; and it has nothing to do with planning. And,
<br />as I say, nobody else in Puako Bay has that restriction. It’s a voluntary effort. If they’re willing
<br />to practice due diligence with their landscaping services, I think that’s as much as you can
<br />require, to be honest.
<br />GRAHAM: Thank you, Commissioner Woodward. Any other comments from
<br />Commissioners? All right, thank you, Mr. Fuke. Thank you all. So I think we’re finished with
<br />the public hearing part now and we can move to decision making by the Commission. Yes,
<br />Commissioner Watanabe.
<br />WATANABE: If it’s in order I’d be willing to make a motion.
<br />GRAHAM: Go ahead, please.
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