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It’s very hard to see, Commissioner Ono, but you can kind of see—okay, so this is the property
<br />where the grazing would occur.
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<br />ONO: Yeah, right—
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<br />COTTLE: You can kind of see the little fence posts right along here, near here—
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<br />ONO: Yeah, but you need fencing on the other side to keep, contain them, I would think—
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<br />COTTLE: He can respond to whether the other side is fenced. I’m pretty sure it is.
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<br />ONO: Okay, thank you.
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<br />MIYASATO: Any other questions, Commissioners for staff? Thank you, Maija. Will the
<br />applicant please come forward? Could you please raise your right hand? Do you swear and
<br />affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‘i County Planning Commission?
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<br />SONG & TAVARES: I do.
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<br />MIYASATO: Could you please state your name and residence.
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<br />SONG: I’m Sandra Song, and with me today is, and I’m representing Walter Tavares, Jr.—with
<br />me today is Wally Tavares, who is Walter’s son, and who runs the business with Walter. Also,
<br />Mrs. Tavares, Patricia Tavares, Walter’s wife, is sitting in the audience as well, and she’s
<br />involved with the business. This is a family business. It’s a small business. It’s been run for
<br />about ten years, and it’s a small repair shop. They do safety checks. They do auto repairs.
<br />They’ve done towing, and it’s mostly Walter and Wally that do the work. And the family, his
<br />daughter and granddaughters, granddaughter, do the office work, so it’s really a family business.
<br />They’ve asked for a time extension so they can continue the business. When we submitted our
<br />request, we asked that it be with no time limit, only so that Mr. Tavares could get bank financing
<br />for his business, so that some of these improvements, he can do faster than pay as you go, which
<br />is what he’s been doing now for the property.
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<br />The Planning Director has recommended ten years. Mr. Tavares can live with the ten years, but
<br />he won’t be able to get bank financing. When the recommendation came out that we read
<br />yesterday that said 15 years, we were very excited because you can get bank financing for 15
<br />years, but if the Commission decides to go with the Planning Department’s Recommendation as
<br />revised, my clients can live with that, and they’re also willing to put in the additional
<br />landscaping. And, as far as the landscaping that’s there now, in 2004, they went in—Walter
<br />went in, obtained Plan Approval, and then he went and planted everything in accordance with
<br />Plan Approval, so although the permit itself required more, he was, it was his understanding that
<br />he did all the planting that was necessary because that was approved by the Planning
<br />Department. So, at this time, they’re prepared to do the additional landscaping along the north
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