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CAITANO JR.: I’m not exactly sure of the number. As of right now, I know for sure Shell Service
<br />Station would be the one that I know legally that does safety inspections. I know there are a few
<br />other places, but judging by the amount of community members that we literally have –we are
<br />actually still in the construction stage of the building – sometimes we have offers of ten people that
<br />we don’t even know in the community, stop by and ask if we are going to do, when we are opening,
<br />or if we are going to do safety inspections because they can’t find any place to do them. It’s in my
<br />intent to, once, if we do get legally operational, to pursue to be a legal safety inspection station on
<br />this side of town, because currently there are no known areas, you know, or stations, to get
<br />inspected at.
<br />BOWMAN: Would you, if it was a condition – I’m just saying – to do them during off-peak hours,
<br />would that be a problem for you?
<br />CAITANO JR.: Probably not. Most of, like I said, most of our repairs, maintenance or services
<br />would be by contacting a customer and setting appointments. So we can, it’s up to -.
<br />BOWMAN: But for the safety check I’m talking about.
<br />CAITANO JR.: It’s up to, you know, I’m open to suggestions as far as, you know, when would be
<br />best or -.
<br />BOWMAN: Because I do know that there is a place down in Kawaihae where they only do safety
<br />checks a certain amount of hours, I think because they are busy working on other things. So I just
<br />was, you know, asking you if that would be something you would consider.
<br />CAITANO SR.: My son is getting confused. But the safety check issue, yes, we did explore this.
<br />And if he wants to do a safety check by the book, by the laws, by the regulation, it takes an hour to
<br />do one car – this is by the book. You’ve got to pull all the tires off, you’ve got to do a lot of things
<br />in order to pass the safety check according to the regulations that they have. It takes an hour. So he
<br />doesn’t want to be a safety check station that comes in, check, check, check, check, check, check,
<br />press the sticker on, drive off. It’s not going to be that kind of station. He would have
<br />appointments. You have to come in at this, this is your hour, we are going to go through your car,
<br />we are going to make sure it’s road safety-wise according to the regulations. I don’t think we are
<br />going to have a lot of people coming to his station because of that reason. The people who are
<br />concerned and really want a true safety check will be his customers, and that would be by
<br />appointment only and only during off-peak hours. Yes, that’s what his intent is.
<br />BOWMAN: Thank you.
<br />HOUSEL: Are there any other -? Commissioner Giffin, do you want to ask -?
<br />GIFFIN: Yeah, there was some discussion, and I think that you were the ones that came out and
<br />said that you did not appreciate the comment in the second paragraph about how this business was
<br />operating illegally. Oh, I know, “The applicants are requesting a Special Permit to legitimize an
<br />existing automotive repair business …,” and I think in your comments you took great umbrage to
<br />that, is that correct?
<br />CAITANO SR.: Yes. We was never an ongoing repair shop, never. We got a letter warning us
<br />that we’d better not do this. So we was kind of taken by with the fact that we’re not doing it, how
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