2014-07-03 Hearing Transcript - Asia Pacific Group Amend SPP 09-095

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ANDERSON: Well, a lot of the special events weren’t for—when they were initially thought of, they’re not for a commercial activity. Commercially, what supports our bills is boarding horses. We have about 30 horses boarded there. And then we give lessons and such. So that’s our commercial venture. Every now and then, though, we’re, we’re approached for a special event. It may be a fundraiser like Shane Hapai’s daughter had to go to Boston for an operation. We did a function couple years ago. And that kind of thing. We want to be in compliance, and we were, when we first got the permit, we kind of did a couple of those thinking it would be all forthcoming, but then we realized reality and four years later, we stopped doing everything couple years ago because we, we never got our signatures. So, it’s just for those kind of things. And then we had one change also on the—it’s a broader interpretation of special event, and you know, one of the things that we talked about is doing political fundraisers, and there’s certain candidates out there, if you don’t get a real good group, you ain’t gonna get nobody show up. So, we don’t want to be in disagreement with the Planning Department over whether it’s a concert if we bring in Kapena or something, or if it’s a fundraiser. So, we try to broaden it so hopefully we don’t have any, you know, we don’t have any disagreements on where you cross the line of concert versus a fundraiser. And then to answer the potential additional traffic, I met with Captain Burian from Honoka‘a, and we re-did our—the Police Department had signed off on a, on a plan four years ago, but obviously with a new permit, we’ll need a new plan, and he had a lot of input. We went back and forth, and there’s a lot of really good safety things in here which comply with our insurance company anyway. So, we’re all for safety. If we’re gonna do an event, it’s gotta be a safe event. ONO: I apologize. I thought your primary purpose for this complex was for the idea of the market, the farmer’s market, to earn an income. I’m—I didn’t realize it was an equestrian program— ANDERSON: --No, we just take care of horses— ONO: My apologies. ANDERSON: No, no. MIYASATO: Any further questions, Commissioners? Thank you. ANDERSON: Thank you. MIYASATO: We have no testifiers. Any further discussion, Commissioners? MOSES: Can I make a motion? MIYASATO: Commissioner Moses. MOSES: I move that the amendments to Special Permit No. 09-000095 be approved based on the Planning Director’s Recommendation and proposed conditions. 4 EXHIBIT C