2014-03-06HEARINGTRANSCRIPT-HACA SPP 845

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the running of the market. I humbly ask you to allow this special use permit, and thank you for your time. GONZALES: Thank you. Any questions? That’s a good use of three minutes. Mr. Olson. OLSON: Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. I’m wearing a couple hats here today. I am, I’m not a property owner in Hawaiian Acres, and I don’t live there. I did, however, chair the Puna CDP Committee, and this proposal is consistent with that document. We fully support it in the document, you know, the communities coming together especially the, the large lot agricultural communities. So, the place where it is is off a road that is maintained by the County, 8 Road that goes through there, so in terms of the transportation, in and out issues, it’s a good one. There is a, probably the most interesting question here, and I hope maybe you will have some discussion about it, the parking issue has come up, and there’s several things that attach itself to that. All 4,000 lot owners are tenants in common on the roads. They are each an owner of the road. In order to be a member of HACA, you have to be a property owner; that is in their agreement. So, I’m not quite sure the requirements of having people who attend the market park off of the road. Basically, most of the people who go to the farmer’s market are resident property owners. So you’re telling the property owner that he can’t park on the road that he owns. And it’s going to be real interesting to see how you guys address that. Granted all the roads are unimproved. And I do know by law, whether it is a private road or a public road, you cannot block the road. You can’t stop somebody from travelling on it. If you do something, that is clearly illegal. But the road easement there is been cleared to about 50 feet and part of it is paved. There’s all kinds of things that tie into this. People come up there and park along that alignment all the time. People come up there and drop their children off. They sit there. They wait with their children till the bus comes. So, there’s constantly people parking at that intersection. It’s in constant use which is true of all of the alignments along 8 Road. And you know, if I put on my Puna Traffic safety hat, you know, we look at the safety issues of roadways in Puna and so there is a constant morning, evening, and afternoon procession of people who park in front of the community association building. They park on both sides of 8 Road for that purpose. Aside from the uses that the community allows the building to be used for. So, I’m going to sit back, and the ball is in your court. GONZALES: Any questions for Mr. Olson? Ok, thank you all. I’d like to call up Roger Robinson, Carol Casey Littell, and Ty Casey Littell. If there’s anyone else that would like to testify, please come sign up with Sarah over here. Three. Roger, Carol and Ty, right? Ok, can I get you to raise your right hands, please? Do you swear to tell the truth before the Windward Planning Commission today? 5 EXHIBIT E