2013-03-07 Windward Transcript Connections

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Commission and Members of the Planning Department. One is Condition 35. It requires the lessee to remove all trash on the property within 90 days. The clock is now ticking on that component of the condition. As a professional courtesy I’ve been asked by Connections to notify the Planning Department when they commence with that work. Another one is Condition 37. They are required to prepare a boundary survey. I was just notified this morning that they have completed that, although in the report I’ve provided you folks it was supposed to be done by the end of this month. They are now complete. The information has now been transmitted to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Another component, back in October the property was issued a violation for the fencing and perimeter work that was done. Part of the remedies and the cures for that violation was for them to submit a reforestation or restoration plan. The applicants have done that. And they now have to commence with that work for the reforestation and restoration plan. Since that time, there have been no other violations or concerns from the State’s side. In conjunction with the fencing, there was a grading violation. The applicants have prepared a grading permit. They have received preliminary approval from the Department of Public Works. The plans are currently before the State Historic Preservation Division. Unfortunately that agency is seriously understaffed. We check probably every week, every other week; and we’re just waiting for those approvals. So, you know, I just wanted to kind of show you folks the effort that the applicants go through to comply with other things related to this property. So thank you. AU: Mr. Hong? HONG: I’m sorry, just for the record, on behalf of CBESS we also request a contested case hearing. AU: Ivan? TORIGOE: Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I think CBESS was also on the initial application, was it not? HONG: Yes. TORIGOE: Okay, so they would be considered applicants also and automatically parties to the contested case. AU: Okay. Would you, would anybody like to add to that? Okay, well, thank you guys very much. I’d like to call, before I call up our testifiers, I’d like to call up Ms. Amy Self and our Planning Director, BJ. So we do have 18 people signed up to testify; and they’re all going to give their time to Mr. Sidney Fuke. So he has 54 minutes, when we get into that. Can you guys raise you right hand, please. Do you swear and affirm to tell the truth today in front of the Windward Planning Commission? TESTIFIERS: I do. Yes. 8