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NELSON: I have a question.
<br />HOUSEL: Commissioner Nelson.
<br />NELSON: Yeah, I have a question. Is it feasible and profitable, rather than construct the fence
<br />material on your property, but to do it on site? The reason I say that is I’m surrounded by cattle
<br />ranches and they are constantly doing, they are fabricating fences, either expanding or repairing, on
<br />site. And so whatever materials they need, they bring onto the site, and do their construction there.
<br />So my question would be, in light of all these complaints, is that an option that you have where you
<br />could actually, if you’ve got a contract out there for 1,000 feet, you could do it in increments but on
<br />site rather than the materials being at your place?
<br />MOOERS: Commissioner, let me respond first, and then I’ll let Jeff respond. They don’t build
<br />fences on site; they do, all fencing is built on the project areas. What’s fabricated behind the berm
<br />here are gates, and that’s done there because his welding equipment and things like that are there.
<br />And that has not been a problem; no one has ever complained about what’s occurred behind the
<br />berm. The issue was always, okay, the storage of material out here, which is gone. And we are not
<br />requesting for storage of material out here; what we are requesting out here, the only area that
<br />would be visible, is storage of truck, back hoe and trailer. So you are right; all the fencing on sites –
<br />and he has done hundreds of miles of fencing on this island – is done at the ranch wherever it is.
<br />But here they are just doing the welding to fabricate gates.
<br />NELSON: Okay, thank you.
<br />MOOERS: Okay? And one thing I’ll point out, if you look at the conditions, there is a requirement
<br />for landscaping along here to shield this. There are eight-foot high pepper trees planted now. And
<br />there is a condition, and I wanted to address that condition that is proposed by the Planning
<br />Department; I would like to make a, suggest a change to the language in that condition. Currently,
<br />Condition 6 says, “A landscape buffer shall be established and maintained at a minimum height of
<br />fifteen feet along the property line fronting Kawaihae Road at a sufficient length to screen views of
<br />the special permit area from Kawaihae Road and surrounding properties.” Right now, from this
<br />area here and to the gate and then into the gate, they have planted California pepper trees, which
<br />become, as you know, quite full and quite tall, and it’s one of the species that will survive the heat
<br />and the wind in this area. The current language says, “The landscape buffer shall be opaque from
<br />the ground to a height of at least six feet and shall not contain any completely unobstructed
<br />openings more than 3 feet wide.” I’m concerned about the language because there is no time frame
<br />involved, and I feel somewhat uncomfortable that how it would be interpreted. And I’ve talked
<br />with the staff about this. And the recommended change that I have is that to say, “The applicant
<br />shall submit a landscaping plan to the Planning Department for review and approval,” so that they
<br />can look at a specific plan of where the trees are planted, what the variety of the tree is, and decide
<br />if that’s adequate. And then if it is, it’s signed off and we agree, and part of it is we have to
<br />continue to maintain the landscaping; so we can’t cut the trees down. Then the last portion, the last
<br />sentence of Condition 6 would remain, “All required landscaping shall be installed within ninety
<br />days from the effective date of this permit.” So the only thing we are doing is we are taking out
<br />what I think is maybe an area for opinion or argument as far as whether or not it’s 60 feet high, or
<br />opaque or not, and coming up with a specific plan that shows the trees and the variety of the trees.
<br />And in fact, we have such a plan here today which, if the language is approved, will be submitted to
<br />the Planning Department for the review and approval.
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