2013-12-05 Windward Transcript -Greenlaw

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HONG: And so the reason why we’re extending the hour to 6 o’clock is because, again, I don’t, I think it would be ill-advised use of Planning Department personnel and resources to now bring before the Planning Department or the Planning Commission, and then having to investigate, a complaint that said I saw a truck two months ago come in at 4:20 p.m., where the standard or the conditions are 4 o’clock. And then now that sets into motion a whole series of, you know, individuals being involved in investigating and writing up a report, and reporting to the Planning, you know, Director or the Planning Commission. So instead of doing that, give them that cushion till 6’clock. It rarely happens but once in a while it will. ONO: Yeah, I can understand that. My concern as I read that was that you also want to extend the opening time to 7, earlier, an hour earlier. C. GREENLAW: I think I, I’m just trying to be honest. ONO: No, no, that’s fine. C. GREENLAW: That’s really all I’m trying to do. I’m trying to be honest. That’s when they come. ONO: Yeah. No, my concern was that if we opened it up an hour earlier, my experiences have been that the preparation time is even before the official working hour. So, I mean, you know, if you’re saying 7 o’clock and my workers begin arriving at 7, I find that hard to accept because you do preparation in terms of your business. You’ve got to get -. C. GREENLAW: But that’s when they come to prep. That’s, I’m just trying to be honest. It isn’t true that they work from 8 to 4, that isn’t true. I was just -. And we aren’t trying to change anything except the wording. To be honest they come at 7 to prep. Do you want to -? M. GREENLAW: Usually 4 days a week, most of my crew, two guys work 4 days a week, Monday through Thursday; and two of them come at 7 o’clock. Okay? And they’ll start loading up some base course and sand, whatever. The other two guys might meet us at the job. From time to time, for instance we did a water, a huge water catchment out in Paauilo last week, and they got in late, and my water truck got in late. But that’s just an unusual incident that happens from time to time. Most jobs that we have are in Puna, so my guys have to get out at 3 o’clock, trust me, 3 p.m. HONG: Well, if we could insert the words, yeah, no earlier than 7 o’clock I think that might address your concern. ISHIBASHI: Questions, Commissioners? Permitting, where are we at with permitting? We’ve been running this water tank business without permitting? So where are we at with that? 4 EXHIBIT C