2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - Glover SPP 14-162

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MIYASATO: Speak into the mic, please. VITOUSEK: Okay. Randy Vitousek, I’m an attorney for Glover, for the Applicant. My business address is 75-170 Hualālai Road, Kailua-Kona. This is Mike Pearring with Glover. PEARRING: Yeah, Michael Pearring. I work with James Glover. Our business address is 890 Leilani Street, Hilo 96720. MIYASATO: Go ahead. VITOUSEK: Mr. Chairman, Bryon Fujimoto of Glover is also present here today. This, as you know, the staff really has done a great job in preparing the Background Report and in analyzing the proposed use in light of the conditions or the requirements of the Special Permit under Planning Commission Rule 6 and Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, Chapter 205. The reason that Glover’s applying for this permit for the 55, I’m sorry for the 85 acres, is because when the last Special Permit was granted, that was back in 2012, I recall. It was Permit 000145, the Land Use Commission commented that they were concerned about the practice of the Planning Commission, the County Planning Commission granting Special Permits for parcels of less than 15 acres because the practice in the past had been that the party, the applicant would apply for a Special Permit for a parcel less than 15 acres, go to the Planning Commission rather than go to the Land Use Commission. So the Land Use Commission commented. The Planning Commission went ahead and approved the application for Special Permit 145 for a 10-acre parcel, but one of the conditions was that the applicant would apply for Special Permit for the balance of the unquarried areas in this, in this 140-acre parcel, and it would go to the Land Use Commission with that application. So, this application is in furtherance of Glover’s obligations under the previously issued Special Permit. The goal is to have all, you know, Glover has a license, actually two separate license agreements from Kamehameha Schools for the entire 140-acre parcel, and this is to try to take that through the Special Permit process so that all of the area that’s under license can be under Special Permit and can be quarried. Mr. Henkel asked questions about the restoration and I, if it’s okay, I’ll ask Mr. Pearring to explain to you what the restoration requirements are under the license with Kamehameha Schools. PEARRING: Thank you. The—Maija did a great job of explaining what the restoration would incur. We have two separate licenses, and what’s basically involved is a restoration of the property to satisfy the owner. Our second license there, at Kamehameha Schools--has got some thoughts about, you know, what they’re gonna do with the property after the quarrying is done several years down the road, and we’ve agreed to help work with them to develop that process whether it’s reforestation or some kind of agriculture, but in terms of the main focus of our restoration efforts are to protect the property, the people who may be going near the property from injuring themselves, and in addition to slopes, there’s also a benching process. We make different benches depending on what the conditions and material are there. 5 EXHIBIT B