2012-05-17 Leeward Exh B - Mooers

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GIFFIN: Right. LEITHEAD TODD: And we don’t know exactly when they got built. And so it basically in many cases set up artificial shoreline. The problem is if you have a wall in one area, it ends up impacting the others, and over the long term, as we know, that the shoreline is changing, it eventually poses some problems to this area. GIFFIN: Okay. Maija, that wall that is there on the right-hand side of the roadway, not Mrs. Scharpf’s but the other one: Is that Sutton -? COTTLE: Yes. GIFFIN: That is mentioned in the background report? COTTLE: Yes, that’s the Sutton wall. GIFFIN: Okay. Commissioners, do you have any questions? Tom? No? WHITTEMORE: My only question was really with respect to the other walls down there, I mean, that was my, I just want to understand that better. GIFFIN: Do you want to bring that up then? WHITTEMORE: Well, only that, are we opening a floodgate here with future requests? Because, you know, this is a contiguous wall and continues on down, and I would imagine the neighbor next door is going to be the next applicant, so -. Just a question, thought. COTTLE: Yeah, as the Director mentioned, a lot of the seawalls in Puakō were built without permits or built before SMA law possibly. We’ve only issued two permits, two shoreline setback variances for walls in Puakō. GIFFIN: Wow, okay, well, like the Director said, maybe this is a good time for the applicants to come up. And Robby Robertson has signed up to testify, but that would be after you two present. Will you please sit down, pick up your microphones, and raise your right hand. Thank you. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Leeward Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? MOOERS: I do. VITOUSEK: I do. GIFFIN: Will you please state your names – as if we don’t know. MOOERS: My name is Greg Mooers, planning consultant for Mrs. Scharpf. My address is P.O. Box 1101, Kamuela, Hawai‘i. GIFFIN: Thank you. 5 EXHIBIT B