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<br />WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSIION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />OCTOBER 2, 2009 <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR INTIATED AMENDMENT <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the <br />TO CHAPTER 25 ALLOWING SOLAR ENERGY FACILITIES WITHIN THE <br />COUNTY’S AGRICULTURAL ZONED DISTRICT <br />was called to order at 11:27 a.m. in the <br />County of Hawai‘i, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, with <br />Chairman Rell Woodward presiding. <br />PRESENT:Rell Woodward <br />Takashi Domingo <br />Andrew Iwashita <br />Zendo Kern <br />Shelly Ogata <br />Wallace Ishibashi <br />Brandon Gonzalez, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />BJ Leithead Todd, Planning Director <br />Norman Hayashi, Planning Program Manager <br />Jeff Darrow, Staff Planner <br />Maija Cottle, Staff Planner <br />And 4 people from the public in attendance. <br />INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />Amendment to Chapter 25 (Zoning Code), Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as <br />amended) allowing solar energy facilities within the County’s Agricultural zoned district <br />provided that the property is within the Land Study Bureau’s class D or E soils category. <br />WOODWARD:The next one is Item No. 8, initiator is the Planning Director who wants to <br />put sunshine on bad dirt, sort of. That’s my gestalt. Who’s going to talk about this? Jeff? <br />COTTLE:Okay. <br />WOODWARD:Maija. <br />COTTLE:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I didn’t do a slide presentation of this, but I <br />just handed out two maps. The first map that looks like this shows the Land Study Bureau <br />classification of soils for the island. The dark brown areas are soils classified E. These are <br />considered very poor. The kind of light -. <br />WOODWARD:You mean all I have is bad dirt? <br />1 <br />EXHIBIT C <br /> <br />