2014-09-05 Hearing Transcript-Orchid Manor AOAO SMA 14-056

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YAGONG: That’s correct. HEAUKULANI: All right. Thank you. MIYASATO: Any other questions, Commissioners? YAGONG: Could I make a quick statement, Mr. Chair, if I could? MIYASATO: Sure, yeah. YAGONG: First of all, thank you very much for hearing our application here. This has been a really long haul. The actual problem actually occurred with this apartment complex back in December of 2012. We had a major leak there, and we had done some band-aid issues to just kind of hold our breath, but I gotta tell you, this hurricane that we just had, we had 101 homeowners on their knees praying that our roof was not going to fly off. There’s really a sense of urgency of doing this. Part of the problem it took so long to get to this point is we—we had to vet some of the designs that came through from different architects, making sure that the right insurance coverage, too, to make sure that the job is warranted and so forth. And the big challenge was actually convincing the 101 owners that—to have them approve a loan ‘cause we had to go out and borrow $700,000 to do this, and a lot of retirees actually are in that building, as you can imagine, from building from 1965, so, we are very fortunate that they understood. That back in 1965 when the building was built, gasoline was 35 cents a gallon. That’s how old this roof is. And that’s why it really needs changing, so we were happy that they agreed, that they had to be assessed you know, assessment to pay for the facility, and then of course just then, it was kind of a curve when this SMA Major came to us but we totally understand because the cost at that time, we’re looking at about $700,000, but now it’s a little above half a million so, we know that that’s a threshold, and of course the proximity to the ocean as well. So, it’s very understandable, so, but we are hoping that we can get your favorable recommendation today so that we can actually move forward with the building permitting process because it has been two years that we’ve worked on this project so hopefully it can go through. Thank you. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions? If not, Commissioners, any discussion on this? If not, I’ll accept a motion. MOSES: Chair, I move that the application for Special Management Area Use Permit application, SMA 14-000056 be approved based on the Planning Director’s Recommendation and proposed conditions. HEAUKULANI: I’ll second. MIYASATO: Moved by Commissioner Moses and seconded by Commissioner Heaukulani. Any discussion on the motion? If not, call the roll. DARROW: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With that, we’ll take the roll. Commissioner Moses? 4 EXHIBIT A