2012-08-02 Windward Transcript Regency

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understand that in every application that comes before us there are numerous considerations that are relevant and that the benefit of job creation has to be properly weighed against other issues. I will be guided on this matter by the criteria set forth in the law, just as I am in any other matter before the Commission. I am confident that I can uphold the oath I took upon my appointment on this Commission and perform my official duties in a fair and impartial manner. KERN: Thank you, Commissioner Au. On that note we will call the applicant or their representative to come forward. Good morning. Can I get you both to raise your right hands. Do you swear to tell the truth today before the Windward Planning Commission? FUKE: I do. STROUD: I do. KERN: Okay, very good. And just before you begin, name and area in which you live. STROUD: My name is David Stroud. I live in Ellinsburg, Washington. FUKE: Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the Commission. My name is Sidney Fuke. I’m a planning consultant assisting the applicant on this important project. My business address is 100 Pauahi Street here in Hilo. I’d like to also acknowledge the presence of Greg Pyle who’s an employee and the project manager for this project, also based in Washington state. And the architect is also here if there are any specific design questions that Commissioners may have. His name is JohnLeuck. Before, if the Commission, you know, would bear us, we’d like, we have a power point presentation. And a lot of it is duplication, but we’ll kind of like run through it very quickly. KERN: And just for my housekeeping, you did receive the background report and recommendations? FUKE: Yes. The staff’s background report and recommendation were reviewed by myself and also Mr. Stroud. By the way, Mr. Stroud is president of the Regency Pacific, and he has concurred with both the recommendation, recommended conditions, as well as the background report, the accuracy of it. KERN: Very good. And, yes, please do your presentation. STROUD: I’ll do this quickly. I won’t take the Commission’s time, basically just a quick note here. We’ve got a rendering of the site and what it will look like as you approach coming down the hill. And it’s significantly down the hill, part of it is. It shouldn’t impact the neighbor’s views or the visual corridor there. So, and we worked on that to make sure that’s not the case. A little bit about Regency Pacific, real quickly. We’ve been in operation -. Currently Jim Clay, my partner, and Bart Bretto, and myself are owners of this project. But Jim started in the sixties. We’ve been in health care, long-term care, since that period operationally. We own and operate 50 plus of such facilities in Oregon, Washington, Hawai‘i, California. We have currently three communities in Hawai‘i. The first one was at Waimea on Kauai, a nursing home there, later an assisted living near Lihue, and most recently an AL in Kona. I was the administrator of the facility at Kauai back in the 5 EXHIBIT B