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have to repair the reservoirs above Waimea Town due to the 2006 earthquake.” Well, those repairs
<br />took several years. And McCall, he left his job, a new engineer came in, and we started over. They
<br />did finally repaired the reservoirs, and then it was the Department of Hawaiian Homes Land
<br />infrastructure and their one-million gallon tank that needed to be completed and, you know, put on
<br />the system. So this is a lot of years, six years, waiting for this to happen and following up with
<br />those guys. Last year, I think it was in August, I got a phone call from the Department of Water
<br />Supply; he said, “Marty, we have your second water service.” I mean this was a Christmas present.
<br />What a surprise. So we promptly went down there, we invested 8,500 dollars on the second meter,
<br />and, you know, we are ready to charge. Thank you.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you. Commissioners, any comment or discussion with the applicant?
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<br />NOBRIGA: I have a question. These are Ag lots, right? Besides the mulch farm and the egg farm,
<br />the only ag I see is growing houses. Are you planning to do any growing of any crops or anything?
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<br />SMITH: The land up there is very minimal desirable as far as agricultural operations. I tip my hat
<br />to Dave because he did the egg farm thing and he did the mulch farm. He’s got a larger lot, so,
<br />economies of scale, he can do these things. Yes, we would like to plant some trees; we are thinking
<br />about some citrus. We live in Anekona; citrus does great. But it’s wind-swept, it’s drought, it’s
<br />desert, the soil is super rocky, anything you plant in the ground there you’ve got to prop it up with
<br />rebar, not stakes, rebar to get it used to the wind. And then the water situation, there is no natural
<br />rainfall, I mean except yesterday afternoon, it poured. But there is no rain, so we pay dearly for
<br />water for anything that we grow there. Our lots are pretty small, you know, fun farming whatever,
<br />but as far as, you know, sustainable, you know, I think that it would be challenging. We are
<br />planning to grow some stuff there, you know, part of our plan. We first talked about doing
<br />ironwoods. There is a need for ironwoods in the windy areas. We know about it; we live in
<br />Anekona, we have iron-, all our neighbors have ironwoods. Well, the State has deemed ironwoods
<br />not good any more, I forget what they call it, but we actually thought about doing a small ironwood
<br />nursery on our property. There are some possibilities and we are thinking about them. Avocado,
<br />(inaudible) grew at our place in Anekona, there’s a couple of varieties, really well --.
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<br />SAUER: -- Please use the microphone; we are recording.
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<br />SMITH: We are thinking about avocado.
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<br />BEAUDET: Just --.
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<br />KAHOLO: I’ve got a question --.
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<br />BEAUDET: -- Just a comment. So, you know, it’s obvious that precedent has already been set
<br />mauka and makai of your parcel. But we all know, you know, there is, you know, no fence is too
<br />high or is high enough to keep you out of eye’s view of your neighbors. And I think, you know, as
<br />far as the testimony that came in that was not in support of your application, had to do primarily
<br />with the second kitchen on the downstairs of your current home. We are not here to judge, we are
<br />not here to challenge, but, you know, neighbors are neighbors, and they’ll either be very supportive
<br />or antagonistic. So, you know, I’d like to encourage you to follow the rules that are in place and
<br />abide by them so that a decision made today will not impact other applications in the future whether
<br />it be yours or someone else’s. And having a second kitchen in a home, you know, that’s just
<br />something that shouldn’t be done. But we are not here to challenge that any more, but just to keep
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