2016-02-04 Hearing Transcript - Arrow SPP 09-076 & Rodrigues SPP 15-178

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that are specific to the site inspection that we did I believe on Friday? Any questions? If not, we’ll move on to oral arguments, and Commissioners, you can ask questions after that. th Parties, at our January 7 meeting, it was determined that each party would have 20 minutes to present oral arguments. Unless the parties agree otherwise, the order for oral arguments will be the Applicants first, that’s Arrow first, then the Rodrigues, and then Intervenor, then the Director. Is that acceptable to the parties and counsel? VITOUSEK: Yes. YEH: Yes, it is. RODRIGUES, D.: Yes. SELF: Yes. HEAUKULANI: Thank you very much. Again, we’re going to try to stay within that 20-minute boundary if we can. I know that’s difficult, and I would ask Applicant, Mr. Vitousek, your oral arguments, please. VITOUSEK: Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Chair and Members of the Commission. I’m Randy Vitousek, and as you know, I represent Arrow of Oregon with respect to this application th to amend Special Permit 09-76. That permit was initially granted in June 20, 2009, and related to five separate, one-acre parcels at the time; those parcels were subsequently consolidated, and the quarrying activities taking place on those parcels. This application is to amend the Special Permit to add an additional eight acres of land to the quarrying operation to bring the total to 13 acres. The quarrying site, this site, has already been quarried. In other words, the additional eight acres or portions of the additional eight acres have already been quarried by somebody else, and the site is surrounded by other areas that have been quarried by other parties. In other words, adjacent to the Arrow property that is being, that is the subject of this application, is a quarry that’s currently being conducted by Jernigan. Adjacent to that is a quarry that was previously conducted by Intervenor, the HOVE Road Maintenance Corporation. And so, the—let’s see, I need my glasses—the, as you’re aware, the Ocean View Estates is, consists of approximately 10,000 one-acre lots that was subdivided in the 1960’s. The subdivision runs from the highway at about 1,500 feet up to about 5,000-foot elevation. The subdivision was created in the 1960’s and does not meet current requirements for roadways and other subdivision improvements. The property is zoned Agriculture by the Land Use Commission and is, I’m sorry, is classified Agriculture by the State Land Use Commission and is zoned Ag-1. The site itself consists of the 1907 lava flow overlying cinder deposits and so the quarrying operation consists of, of removing the lava on top, crushing it, using that for gravel, and then mining the cinder underneath. 6 EXHIBIT D