2015-05-07 Status Update Transcript - Admin Matters Puna Pono Alliance GAF Claim

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the Planning Department to investigate the process of establishing the Native Hawaiian Health Study Review Board that will provide advice in the conduct of the study and keep the Windward Planning Commission informed as to the progress of the study. The members comprising the Native Hawaiian Health Study Review Board will be of Native Hawaiian ethnicity, if possible. The Commission further directed the Planning Department to report to the Commission with an outline regarding the establishment of this review board, and the process in which they advise the Commission. February 5, 2015, Commissioner Ikeda made a motion to reconsider the Commission’s th January 8, 2015 decision. Since this matter was not on the agenda, Chairperson Miyasato directed the Planning Department to place the motion for reconsideration on the Commission’s March agenda. March 5, 2015, the motion for reconsideration was approved, and the matter was remanded to the Planning Department with the request that the Planning Department and claimants work together to restructure the application and to structure a request for a proposal, RFP. April 22, 2015, Planning Manager, Daryn Arai, and Tom Travis met to discuss the status of restructuring the claim. The discussion did not go into elaborate details on how to best address the deficiencies of the original claims. Mr. Travis requested a comparison of their claim with the Geothermal Public Health Study being administered by the Office of the Mayor for which an award of $750,000 from the Geothermal Asset Fund was approved by the Windward Planning Commission at its meeting of September 4, 2014. That comparison could highlight approaches that could guide the restructuring of the current claim. Mr. Travis also committed individuals who will assist him with the preparation of revisions to the original claim once the Planning Department provides a framework that would help restructure the claim. He requested advanced notice of such guidance to allow his team enough time to make the necessary revisions. The Planning Department will continue to identify deficiencies of the current claim and provide Mr. Travis a framework so that the claim can be restructured in a manner that satisfies the purpose and eligibility requirements of the Geothermal Asset Fund. th Additionally, we have received two pieces of correspondence. One is dated May 4, 2015 from the Law Offices of Thomas E. Luebben, P.C., and this has been handed out to the Planning Commission, as well as a letter this, received this morning from Thomas Lee Travis dated May 6, 2015. With that, that concludes our update on this matter. MIYASATO: Commissioners, any questions on this update from staff? If not, I have a testifier. Could you please come forward, Geoff Shaw? Could you please raise your right hand? SHAW: Okay. 2 EXHIBIT C