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<br /> <br />This item ended at 1:25 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />6.CLAIMANT: OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />Discussion and action on a claim for the release of funds from the Geothermal Asset Fund <br />that includes a recommendation from the claims adjuster, for the following community <br />approved geothermal impact mitigation project: <br />Geothermal Public Health Study - $750,000 <br />a. <br />Funding to conduct a public health study of up to three years to determine if there are <br />health effects on Puna residents that can be linked to geothermal energy development that <br />will focus on effects on central nervous system, respiratory and anxiety disorder <br />symptom functions. <br /> <br />The Commission took this item up at 1:25 p.m. with 47 people from the public in attendance. <br /> <br />Chairman Miyasato called a recess at 3:02 p.m., and the meeting was reconvened at 3:13 p.m. <br /> <br />At 3:35 p.m., it was moved by Commissioner Heaukulani and seconded by Commissioner <br />Henkel that the Commission go into executive session to consult with its attorney regarding <br />questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and <br />liabilities, pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes Section 92-5. A voice vote was taken of all <br />Commissioners present, and motion carried with four aye votes. <br /> <br />At 3:38 p.m. the Commission went into executive session. At 3:52 p.m., it was moved by <br />Commissioner Henkel and seconded by Commissioner Moses that the Commission go out of <br />executive session. A voice vote was taken of all Commissioners present, and motion carried <br />with four aye votes. <br /> <br />The hearing reconvened for regular session at 3:54 p.m. <br /> <br />(SEE EXHIBIT F) <br /> <br />This item ended at 3:56 p.m. <br /> <br /> <br />7.APPLICANT: SCOTT WATSON (Amend SMA 450) <br />Continued hearing regarding applicant’s request to amend Condition 11 of Special <br />Management Area (SMA) Use Permit No. 450, which originally allowed the development of <br />an 11-lot subdivision known today as the Pepe‘ekeō Point Subdivision. Condition 11 <br />currently does not allow a house or other substantial structure to be built closer than 40 feet <br />from the top of the sea cliff fronting the ocean. The amendment request is to change this <br />building setback point of reference from the top of the sea cliff to the March 4, 2010 certified <br />shoreline which is located makai, or seaward, of the sea cliff, and applicable to the <br />applicant’s lot only (Lot 23). The subject property (Lot 23) is located at the end of Sugar <br />Mill Road, just east of the Sugar Mill Road/Beach Road intersection, Pepe‘ekeō Point <br />Subdivision, South Hilo, Hawai‘i, TMK: 2-8-008:151. <br /> <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />Windward Planning Commission <br />September 4, 2014 Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />