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<br /> <br />assist in giving all that information. So if you could make some comments on these things <br />please. <br /> <br />Mr. Northrop: Yes, I’d be glad to. Thank you Chairman. Regarding the comments that I relayed <br />to Annette, I was doing something that is referred to as good cop bad cop. My immediate <br />supervisor Ki Emler had asked me into his office that morning, he had already prepared a Notice <br />of Violation that he wanted me to witness being submitted to the Pickens regarding a grading <br />violation. That initial violation that my boss was pursuing was an elevation change that had <br />happened on their property that would require Chapter 10, needs to be filled and that would be to <br />have an engineer grading plan submitted to the County. He was alerted to possible problems at <br />their parcel because of a submittal for a pool permit. So, while we were there at the property, we <br />went into the backyard where this pool would be and it was shown to be at basically what we call <br />zero lot line. Well because of the original topo in this area and the fact that their, that property <br />line was adjacent to a 60 foot wide piece of property that included, that included, excuse me <br />Arnie, that included a FEMA zone, the Hōlualoa stream, I’m going to get to it, you folks get to <br />hear this. Okay, so because of that when we went into the backyard we found a more serious <br />violation over Chapter 10 and also even including our Chapter 27 Flood Management <br />Ordinances. We could see a tremendous overfill on their property and incumbering a flood zone, <br />a FEMA, federal controlled zone. <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Okay. <br /> <br />Mr. Northrop: So, I was ordered then, after we submitted the Notice of Violation to the Pickens, <br />I was ordered to go back and down on the actual County property and that edge of that stream <br />parcel, I was taking pictures of that overburden all the material that were beyond their property <br />line. And again, violation of a couple, three different ordinances. At that time I actually ran into <br />Annette, I think she had come down there because she saw me in that stream and, you know, we <br />were cordial. I actually helped her over the rocks. I explained that it was pretty dangerous fill <br />that I was climbing on and taking pictures. I had been involved in an investigation a while back <br />on tress that were growing down in that stream parcel that was something that was still in <br />question and that was something I made her aware of, of a neighbor. If it’s under investigation I <br />can appreciate that it was again, a good cop bad cop thing. Well, you know there’s other things <br />going on here in this stream, but nothing to the degree that you folks have as far as a violation of <br />ordinance. After again, Annette’s petition with Frank DeMarco regarding other violations and I <br />have noted, I kinda made a joke of one thing, and these guys right below you here, they got a <br />couple of pot plants sitting there on the edge of the stream parcel and I was called on that later, <br />you know, it’s not my jurisdiction, it’s none of my business. The other thing was a correction <br />that had been made to a rock wall by a prior owner, excuse me, of a property that was down <br />below the Pickens. These were all things that did get resolved through investigations. I didn’t <br />create that investigation document. I didn’t let any neighbors aware of who the petition was. <br />I’ve always been carefully schooled, hey if it’s anonymous, it’s anonymous. There’s been <br />activity in this neighborhood that the people that I’ve had to touch base with in regards to these <br />investigations haven’t said anything kind about the Pickens. There has been threats by the <br />Pickens with their neighbors that... <br /> <br />Mr. Balsis: Can I ask a couple questions? <br /> <br />Mr. Northrop: …yeah, sure. <br /> <br />27 <br /> <br />