2014-09-04 Hearing Transcript-HACA SPP 845

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DARROW: The motion passes four to zero. MIYASATO: We’re moving to the Item 8 on the agenda, the Hawaiian Acres Community Association. We have three testifiers for this amendment to Special Permit. Could I have Dorothy Sanger, Jon Olson, Ole’ Fulks come forward? Could you please raise your right hands? Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Hawai‛i County Planning Commission? SANGER/OLSON: I do. FULKS: Absolutely. MIYASATO: You may go first. Please state your name and residence. SANGER: Good evening. You guys have had a long day. My name’s Dorothy Sanger, and currently, I am located right next to the Association, and I don’t have the address. I apologize. And, I am in favor of the, of the permitting the farmers market, permitting the building making it safe. I did submit a letter to you that I’ll just read quickly. It should be in your file, and it says: Dear Planning Commission, I am respectfully requesting the Special Permit to please be granted without further delay to the Hawaiian Acres Association. Should the Planning Commission vote to grant the Special Permit that Hawaiian Acres be allowed to move forward, conduct business regardless if Susann Tita files an appeal or files another complaint. Number one, Susann Tita’s parking complaint has been addressed and solved. If needed, photographs are available from the original presentation early in the year. We had the overhead, and there was plenty of parking. It has been addressed. It is a serious issue, and we addressed it. Number two, I don’t know if this applies anymore, but the alleged ethics complaint against Susann Tita’s attorney appears to be a separate issue. Her possible ethical, ethics violation does not appear to have any relevance to the Special Permit. If there is any way to handle the ethics situation separately, we would greatly appreciate it. Number three, I have personally asked Susann Tita to use her energy and expertise to help solve the situation. She declined. This conversation took place in front of her attorney. Number four, I would like to point out that Susann Tita’s allegation, alleged parking complaint, that should have been solved within five minutes has wasted approximately six months of your time, the ethics committee’s time, the Police time, the Association’s time, which is about a year and a half now, and taxpayer money. Once again, I respectfully request the Special Permit be granted to Hawaiian Acres so we can move forward with a family oriented community center that is safe and permitted. So, thank you so very much for helping us. Mahalo. MIYASATO: Mr. Olson. OLSON: Thank you. Jon Olson here. First, I would like to point out that the fact that this didn’t get on the agenda, the intervention motion. It’s left the Association representative really not prepared to respond to those allegations if they come up again without any lead time. I just want to point that out. Beyond that, I mean, I’m not really sure why they even came for a Special Use Permit. You have to understand that this community association is actually a property owners association. You must own property to be a member. The other thing that I will point out—with the exception of Road 8, which the County took through an MOU for emergency response 14 EXHIBIT H