2012-05-03 Windward Transcript Circus

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testimony to not necessarily be redundant so we can be to the point and effective and actually get to a solution. But you are allowed your three minutes of testimony. If you want to sign up, that’s your choice. But maybe you’d want to consolidate some of it, etc. But it is all up to you. So lunch break. Returning at 1:10 p.m. (Commissioner Au left the meeting at this time.) RECESSED - The Chair recessed the meeting at 12:40 p.m. RECONVENED – The Chair reconvened the meeting at 1:10 p.m. (Commissioner Au was not present at this time.) KERN: Okay, let’s reconvene. We have concluded our presentations of both the permit holder as well as the Department. I do think it's important to take into consideration what we can do here again. And, so, right now as it stands as a Commission, we cannot grant additions to the permit. What we can do potentially is continue it based on the original permit application, and there can be an understanding between the Applicant or the permit holder and the Director on what they are allowed to do, kind of as it was in the past. But we can't take it upon ourselves as a Commission to actually give authorization to, let's say, hold the farmers market at this point in time. We need it to come through the application. However, though, if it’s decided that it’s continued and there is an understanding between the Department and the Director and the permit holder, that that would be an “allowable” endeavor over that period of time, then that should be fine. So I just want to make that clear. So we are moving into the public testimony side of things. As I have said before, we do have, you know, 52 signed up right now. That might have come down a little bit. And I think you guys kind of get the pulse of where some of this might be going to, so try not to be repetitive or anything else. And since -. PUBLIC: I know you can’t be concrete on it, but it’s like -. ARAI: Sir? LUGO: Oh , can’t take -. PUBLIC: I don’t know whether I should -. ARAI: Sir, sir. PUBLIC: Oh, sorry. KERN: Yeah, we can’t, can’t-. No problem. And I am actually going to ask you folks to take a seat so we can open up the table for testimony. So thank you. So, let’s, to the best of our ability let us make it, you know, concise and to the point. But, again, you do have every opportunity to give your three minutes of public testimony. So that's where we are at, right? LUGO: Correct. 31 EXHIBIT B