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BEAUDET: Thank you.
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<br />TYLER: And, Mr. Chairman, I’m more than happy to help the applicants and, you know, to resolve
<br />this issue. This is not something that needs to go to court or, you know, have a big protest or
<br />anything; this is something that we move forward from here. And I’ve already told them that I’m
<br />willing to work with them, same with Building, and same with Mr. Vitousek. We can’t turn back
<br />the clock, but we can protect from now on.
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<br />BEAUDET: Thank you.
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<br />TYLER: Thank you, sir. Thank you all very much.
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<br />BEAUDET: Would the applicant please step forward once again?
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<br />BAKER: Yes.
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<br />BEAUDET: Just giving you the opportunity to follow up on the communication and the dialogue
<br />that just took place.
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<br />BAKER: Yes, as he stated, the reason the other folks have said there was no violation, because the
<br />sites, they are marked, clearly marked on our site plan, including Parcel 54, were fenced and
<br />protected. As far as the bulldozer, I do not have knowledge which bulldozer was down there, but I
<br />know the Fire Department, due to the two fires, have been down there with bulldozers twice, and
<br />we had a bulldozer up on 67 in clearing up some of the homeless, I guess, homeless rubbish down
<br />on that site we had to clean it up per the Fire Department and the Police Department, because there
<br />was a substantial homeless camp being created on that Parcel 54, which actually has resulted in two
<br />fires, one in 2012-13 time frame and one recently in 2014, substantial fires.
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<br />BEAUDET: Commissioners, any comments or questions of the applicant? I just have a comment,
<br />yeah. So it seems like, you know, all of the conditions have been met for the developable area,
<br />okay, and it could be looked at as a separate issue as far as the conditions that are directly related to
<br />the makai parcel. But they are all under the same ordinance, yeah, so they need to be adhere to
<br />with, you know, regardless of what the request is or the amendment is of the ordinance; they are all
<br />one package. So as the developer of the parcel, you know, I have to emphasize, you know, the
<br />importance of meeting the conditions of the ordinances as they are written, especially when they are
<br />dealing with cultural and historical sites. They, not because it’s a sensitive issue today with stuff
<br />going on, Mauna Kea and Haleakala and things like that, but because they are important to the
<br />people of Hawai‘i, especially to the people who are lineal descendants of those who had resided in
<br />that area. And if it’s hard for some of us to understand that, just respect it for what it is. So as you
<br />move forward on your development, you know, I really emphasize that you learn what is there on
<br />both sites, understand the significance of them as best you can, but at a minimum, at a minimum,
<br />you know, make sure you are in compliance with the conditions of the ordinance.
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<br />BAKER: And I want to reiterate, we were and are in compliance. The sites were --.
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<br />BEAUDET: You still need your preservation plan.
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