2014-09-04 Hearing Transcript-HACA SPP 845

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meetings asking them to please move that market back, put it in a different place, they refused. If anything, they accelerated blocking the road. There is no community relations. It is a group of about 15 people. They tried to take, take over our, the community association. It became very contentious, and it is the same group of people and they are not all residents, and they are not all landowners that are attempting to have a farmers market which brings in an element of problems, whether it’s blocking the road or the food situation where they bring the people from Kapiolani Park. It’s not an enhancement to our community. It’s not. And I wouldn’t go through the lengths that I have gone to, to try and get things done correctly which is bring the permit up to par first, and then address the farmers market in an organized fashion, rather than what’s going on. We’re gonna right back to what we had if this is approved. Tents on the road. Goods on the road. And a blocked road, and the Police Department being called every Saturday to clear it, and we’re gonna go through one year of this. We’ll go right back to filing complaints and the County’s going to have to come out and shut them down because they never bothered to address the permits. It is not going to change unless the County takes a position and follows the law that when the permit was expired, it should have been redone, and that’s what needs to happen. You have an illegal building with illegal activities. KAWAUCHI: You also have illegal parking. When we talk about a 40-foot road, it’s probably what the road is supposed to be but the paved section is again only half that, about twenty. OLSON (from audience): The paved section—(inaudible). MIYASATO: Excuse me— KAWAUCHI: So, the parking again doesn’t comply with the County Code. You got a request in the application for improvements including paving, gravel, parking areas, fence, playground area. Farmers market will take place on a playing field, 14,400 square foot space has ample space for 20 by 30 canopy tent to house vendors, musicians, market management table, independent vendor, 10 by 10 tents, up to ten tailgate vendor spots, and a vendor and overflow customer parking area. So, my understanding from the application is that they have designated 35 spots, 10 and additional 15 and then another 10 for overflow. So, if they are going to have up to 10 tailgate vendor spots, they’re not going to have adequate parking for the anticipated up to a hundred people that they’d lke to have at the market. You are going to have a traffic congestion problem. The Association has already informed Ms. Tita and I at their February meeting. They are not, they do not have the ability, nor the interest. This Board does not have the ability or interest to manage the traffic congestion in that area or to monitor the activities there. You will not have a private security group there to make sure that things are being handled appropriately. You’re not gonna have any traffic direction persons assigned to the area. They freely and openly talked about this. I’m not trying to put this out to you to say, you know, that they’re being disingenuous. I’m telling you the situation. One of the proposed means to address the letter submitted by the Police Department—the Police Department’s concern about traffic congestion and safety issues--wants to allocate a person to help with monitoring the traffic. The February meeting that Susann and I attended, the Board members discussed this. They don’t have the ability to do that. They can’t handle it. And, I don’t know if they want to take on the management of those kinds of activities and the liability. Susann’s already talked to you about the insurance issues. This permit, again, has lapsed in 1998. That’s 16 years. Your rules 16 EXHIBIT H