2012-04-19 Leeward Exh A - Tim Bostock

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Again, Mr. Gonzalez brought up fire, and that’s serious. Is it too much to ask the Fire Department, because I know in our conditions there is mention of the Fire Department -. MCANIFF: Madam Chair, may I offer -. GIFFIN: No, just a minute, please. Condition No. 5 where we focus on the Fire Department – mainly it’s the condition of the road, how wide is it and whether or not it can support 25 tons of fire apparatus and so on. Is it too much to ask, Daryn, if, whether or not there could be a fire truck there? I mean, is this out of the ordinary? Do we not do that? I don’t know. Director. LEITHEAD TODD: We do not normally do that and that’s because the vehicles need to be at the fire station ready to respond to calls that come in. And having it up at Waiki‘i, if there were a call someplace else, it would make it much more difficult for the Fire Department to respond to another call. Also, the Fire Department has, you know -. Typically, what happens up in this area, you have response from both the Army, as well as DLNR and the County, because they combine forces. But I think what, depending on the conditions, the actual polo ground, I’m not sure is whether that’s irrigated, so you may want some information about that to address those concerns from both the homeowners’ association or from Mr. Bostock. GIFFIN: Thank you. Any other questions? Mr. -. MCANIFF: McAniff. GIFFIN: McAniff. MCANIFF: Yes. We have a volunteer fire company 9A positioned at Waiki‘i Ranch with two vehicles and trained firefighters, and so they will be available for this event. And you are right that we actually are closer in response time to the Army firefighters at Pōhakuloa training area. And they have come down and helped fight fires at Waiki‘i Ranch. GIFFIN: Thank you. That was going to be my next question whether or not an organization like that existed. Tom. WHITTEMORE: I’m curious about the crowd size. Is the board going to take a, put a limit on the event size of attendees? Are you going to take action every year? I’m assuming that there was some reference made to some long-range plans. I mean, as the plan evolves, obviously, if the event is more successful, the crowd size grows. Is that something where they are going to be required, the promoter will have to come back to you and say, you know, we said we were going to have 3,500, now we are going to have 4,500 or -? Is that going to be a condition of your approval? MCANIFF: The board will, the board has not given blanket three-year approval to Tim Bostock to conduct these events. We are going to do it event by event. And as Tim Bostock said, the first event is a learning experience; we are going to learn from the number of attendees what can be managed best at Waiki‘i Ranch. And the board then, I would fully expect, would put certain restrictions on the number of attendees and perhaps other aspects of the event as well. But we will approve this year by year, or disapprove too. GIFFIN: Tom. 22 EXHIBIT A