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MOORE: I would, I would struggle with some of that language, because that means you can’t set
<br />up until 10:00 in the morning, if you are going to have a concert. So, you know, I think you need to
<br />be real careful on this language. And, you know, just to comment, there are some safeguards, I
<br />believe, within the permit’s conditions, which the applicant is agreeable to, which is the security
<br />plan. Again, we need to involve the police, we need to get approval from the Planning Director, if
<br />we are proposing to do something that goes to 10:00, and then we are going to have a two-hour
<br />after-party cleanup in the light, and that becomes part of the security planning activities. There is
<br />oversight, so it’s not just a free reign – he’s got this permit that he can do whatever he wants for
<br />ever and ever. There’s some conditions in here, which I think provide some safeguards. We are
<br />agreeable to some additional conditions related to that. So this is a framing of the permit activities
<br />within the time frames and the population activities. And again, we are agreeable to conditions to
<br />limit to the representations. But within that, I think there needs to be some flexibility. So, again,
<br />you are not, you know, you shall, you can’t do anything from, except from 10:00 to 10:00, well, that
<br />becomes a little hard.
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<br />BOWMAN: Just, so, I guess, you know, we are looking at Condition 3; you will have your
<br />consultation with the Police Department and approval from the Planning Director each year. So
<br />then, by then you will know what the plan is, and it can either be approved or denied by the
<br />Director, come back to the drawing board kind of thing, right?
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<br />BOSTOCK: Yes.
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<br />MOORE: That’s correct.
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<br />BOWMAN: Okay, thank you very much.
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<br />GIFFIN: Commissioners, any other questions? Commissioner Nelson.
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<br />NELSON: Yeah, I was listening to Commissioner Whittemore on his concern about alcohol being
<br />present at the event. How critical would this event be, if the Commission said no alcohol? I mean,
<br />would that affect your cost effectiveness projection?
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<br />BOSTOCK: It would affect the long range planning and the potential to be flexible; it wouldn’t
<br />affect this first year because I don’t intend to bring in a beer tent in this first year. I will be learning,
<br />too, you know, as this event happens, and I’m controlling it thoroughly. I will still be learning. Is
<br />that such an endemic attitude amongst the population on the Big Island that they absolutely have to
<br />sneak alcohol possibly? Are they uncontrollable? Are they as lawless as some of the stories? I
<br />don’t believe they are. So I think that if that I will have a handle on the demographic and on the
<br />audience, oh yeah -.
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<br />NELSON: Well, the reason why I raised the question after I listened to Commissioner Whittemore
<br />was that the Saddle Road is a unique road, and after-the-fact is a little too late, if there is a tragedy.
<br />And, you know, we could look back as a commissioner and say, you know, we said that there was a
<br />real concern about that, as opposed to just simply eliminating it and get on with the program. If it’s
<br />that good, then alcohol shouldn’t mean success or failure.
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<br />BOSTOCK: I don’t think alcohol is success or failure, and I don’t actually intend to be making a
<br />tremendous amount of money with a liquor concession; that isn’t critical to the profits. However, I
<br />believe that it should be possible to run an event with a properly managed bar and the bar where the
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