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doing that. The priority of the Department, and I know Im not an employee of the Department,
<br />Im not a trained planner, but it is my humble view that thats really what should be done, thats
<br />what needs to be done in order to avoid us really speculating. In any kind of, whatever action is
<br />taken here, especially if an approval is given, you know, it is, in my opinion, speculation going
<br />on about the precedential effects of such an act and an official act by this body or the Council.
<br />And so I would much rather have the community, in this case the Panaewa community, come in
<br />and say this is how we view, you know, if its as Commissioner Siracusa says the community
<br />says we want to maintain this Ag 3 lifestyle and thats how we want it to be 30, 40, 50 years
<br />from now so lets do it this way; or if the community says, you know, we want to turn this into a
<br />really nice subdivision, urban, curbs, gutters, make it a true urban subdivision, fine, they can do
<br />that. But it should be done at that level. And if we continue to do it this way, then all we have to
<br />look forward to is Kihei, Maui, Kapolei, Makakilo, Kapahulu, Hawaii Kai, all of that all
<br />approved by great urban planners; and, you know, you end up with all of the congestion and the
<br />traffic chaos that we hear about every morning on our tv shows.
<br />GRAHAM:All right, thank you. Commissioner Salavea, please.
<br />SALAVEA:Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a question for Corp. Counsel. Ivan, if we
<br />have a stalemate on the vote, it can go either way, approve, or against, or for the
<br />recommendation, does it go up to the Council as an unfavorable recommendation? Just
<br />clarification.
<br />TORIGOE:Im sorry, I missed the question. But was this what happens if you cant
<br />get five votes?
<br />SALAVEA:Ill repeat it for you. If the Commission is unable to pass a favorable or
<br />unfavorable recommendation up to Corp. Council, does it go up as an unfavorable by default?
<br />TORIGOE:Your Rule 13 on State Land Use Boundary Amendments does not specify,
<br />unlike the rezoning rules, does not specify what happens if youre unable to get five votes by a
<br />certain period of time. But for practical purposes if youre not able to get five votes you really
<br />cant go forward with the rezoning either. And the rezoning rules say that youve got a certain
<br />period of time in which to get five votes one way or the other. So basically if you end up not
<br />being able to move on this thing within the rezoning timefame, then what you end up with is a
<br />rezoning recommendation thats a default negative. And under those circumstances, yeah, you
<br />know, you might as well just kind of piggyback the State Land Use Boundary Amendment say,
<br />you know, the rezoning is going up on a default negative, were not able to get five votes within
<br />that rezoning timeframe. And I would recommend that you just go ahead and vote to send it up
<br />with the entire record as a package, basically, as a default negative.
<br />SALAVEA:Thank you, Ivan. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
<br />GRAHAM:Commissioner Rho?
<br />RHO:I have a question for Norman, maybe you can answer. Nani Mau Gardens,
<br />is that, can you point that out to us on the map.
<br />HAYASHI:Nani Mau Gardens is at this general location. It is situated off of
<br />Makalika Street, the street over, next one over. And that was granted through a special permit,
<br />just for your information.
<br />GRAHAM:Okay.ThePlanningDirectorwouldliketomakeacommenthere.Please,
<br />Mr.Yuen?
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