2013-01-10 Windward Transcript Paradise

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Just to bring to your attention, some conditions of approval -. Within your background report you’ll see the phrase “Air Tour Management Plan”; and this is a Plan that has been, being worked on by the National Park for a period of time. At this time, it is not finalized. They’re still going through the environmental impact statement, as well as finalizing the Plan. What the Planning Department has put in the conditions under Condition No. 4 is that at such time that an Air Tour Management Plan is adopted by the Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, that the applicant will be required to comply with the requirements of that Plan. If the Plan states that there shall be no landing within that half mile buffer area, then at that point it states that the special permit is null and void. If there are restrictions placed on that Plan within that half mile area, then the applicant will need to comply with those restrictions. Additionally, Condition 3, we’ve required the applicant to submit a survey of the landing area, the 10,000-square foot landing area. And the reason for that is because obviously it may be difficult to identify the exact location if there is lava activity in this area. Right now there are certain features that can identify the property but in the future those features may be gone. And we’re asking that each time this area is inundated that they resubmit and remark this area. With that I stand ready to answer any questions. Thank you. AU: Thank you, Mr. Darrow. Okay, Fellow Commissioners, what we’re going to be doing at this time is since that letter dated January 2, 2013 we have a request to intervene for the contested case, and we need to see if they have, if they’re going to get, if we’re going to grant them standing. Okay? So right now what I’m going to do is I’m going to call the petitioner to the table. The petitioner? Okay, okay, I’m sorry, first we’ll have the applicant come up to make a brief presentation. And after that we’ll have the petitioner come up. And we do have one person to testify, Ms. Cory Harden. And what we’re going to do is we’re going to go through this first, and then you can testify after. Okay, reminder now for anybody else here who is, does want to testify for the next items that are on the agenda, you have three minutes to testify. And we do have another item, Item No.6 which is Connections. If there is anybody here for Connections, a reminder three minutes. Okay? So go ahead. Please state your name, or maybe I’ll swear both of you guys in at the same time. Do you swear, please raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth on this matter before the Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. AU: Okay, please state your name and where you reside before you start. MOOERS: My name is Greg Mooers. I’m a planning consultant for the applicant, Paradise Helicopters. My address is (PO Box No. given) Kamuela, 96743. PAYESKO: My name is Rob Payesko. I’m the Director of Business Development for Paradise Helicopters; and I reside at (street address given) in Kona, Hawai‘i. 3 EXHIBIT A