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MIYASATO: Commissioner Ono. <br /> <br />ONO: Mr. Chair, may I? Jeff, regarding the letter from Dorothy Sanger? <br /> <br />DARROW: Correct. <br /> <br />ONO: I’m just wondering if we could, well I have a desire to agree with her on item no. 2, a <br />separation of the, the attorney’s representation and we proceeding with—oh, I’m sorry—we, <br />sorry about that, proceeding with the request for a Special Permit. <br /> <br />DARROW: We’ve been advised by our Corporation Counsel that we need to address this matter <br />before we move forward, and the reason why is because if we don’t address this matter, and we <br />do go forward, that if any, if there is a conflict or a violation here, it could jeopardize the whole <br />proceeding, so we’ve been asked to address this before moving forward. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Any further questions for staff? Thank you. <br /> <br />DARROW: Thank you. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Do we have a—applicant present today for this? Please come forward? No? <br />Okay, we have two testifiers. John Olson and Susann Tita, could you please come forward? <br />Could you both please raise your right hands? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this <br />matter now before the Hawai‘i County Planning Commission? <br /> <br />OLSON: I do. <br /> <br />TITA: Yes. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Okay, could you please state your name and residence? <br /> <br />OLSON: Yeah, my name is John Olson, and I reside at 13-631 Leilani Avenue, Pāhoa 96778. <br /> <br />MIYASATO: Go ahead. You have three minutes. <br /> <br />OLSON: I’m sorry? <br /> <br />MIYASATO: You can go first. <br /> <br />OLSON: Oh, okay, thank you. My concern here—I don’t live in Hawaiian Acres. My concern <br />here is that, is one of process. I think the Applicants here deserve to have this done in a timely <br />manner. You’re dealing with a volunteer organization who receives volunteer, voluntary dues <br />from the property owners in Hawaiian Acres. These people don’t have, you know, it’s volunteer. <br />That’s the bottom line. If you have a procedural problem on the County’s side, that’s your <br />problem, don’t make it their problem. If there are people in the community like Ms. Tita here <br />that are unhappy with the process, they have a course of action that they can take beyond this. <br />They can take it to the appeals process or whatever. But, this has caused nothing but grief for <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT F <br /> <br /> <br />