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affect the interest of the Hirose Family Trust property; and they did not consent, the Trust did not <br />consent to this application. <br /> <br />Now although they say they don’t know who the trustee is, Florence Doi was the trustee of the Trust, <br />and Florence Doi did pass away. However, there is still another family member that’s alive, Hilda <br />Morishita that could be the trustee. And even if she refused to be the trustee under the State Law, <br />under Hawai‘i Statutes, there is a provision where any interested party can go to court and get a trustee <br />appointed. So if Graphic Images really wanted to file this application properly and couldn’t find a <br />trustee, they could go to Court and get a trustee appointed to consent to this application. This was not <br />done. And I might also point out that before Mrs. Doi died I did represent her, and Mr. Higashi’s <br />associate did approach me about this parcel; and Mrs. Doi didn’t want to participate, she didn’t want to <br />do anything about it while she was trustee. <br /> <br />I also would like to point out that Mr. Domingo’s concern is a legitimate concern. Because if this <br />application is allowed to proceed without all the owners’ consent, what’s going to happen the next time <br />when there are seven property owners and one out there just doesn’t sign off? Are they going to allow <br />the application to go through? Because that one owner could have a significant interest. That one <br />owner might have been one Hawaiian that’s going to be ousted from the property <br /> <br />The Department has been consistent in requiring all owners to sign consents. When I had to do a <br />subdivision application for Stanley Hara’s family, there were so many property owners I had to run <br />around all over and get consent of property owners so we could subdivide major property into three, <br />just three lots. Actually it was a consolidation and resubdivision, just to reconfigure the ownership. <br />And I know of no applicant that doesn’t run around and do that, to make sure that all the owners <br />participate. I submit to you that the Department shouldn’t have even accepted this application this <br />way. And, yes, this is a problem, but it’s not an insurmountable problem. It’s a problem that the <br />applicant should have dealt with. <br /> <br />I won’t address any of the other issues in this application at this point. But I seriously suggest this <br />Commission is the gatekeeper, and you hold an important role because you have to make sure planning <br />is done well. That’s why you’re the gatekeeper, to make sure we’re doing things properly in this <br />County and we don’t turn into Honolulu. One of the things that needs to be done is owners must agree, <br />and must consent to applications; and this wasn’t done in this case. The Department cannot isolate out <br />the roadway parcel, nor can the Department, this Commission or the Council really proceed with this <br />application without all the owners agreeing. Thank you. <br /> <br />KERN: Thank you. Are there any questions for Ms. Song? <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: I got one question. <br /> <br />KERN: Yeah, Commissioner Ishibashi. <br /> <br />ISHIBASHI: Thank you, Brother Chair. In regards to the replacement of the trustee, we’re working <br />on that, or not even -? <br /> <br />12 <br /> EXHIBIT A <br /> <br /> <br />