2015-07-08 Regular Session Minutes

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Ms. Sweeney: Yes Council. Sorry. Yes there is one more comment. Ms. Kahakalau: Go ahead and state your name and purpose of your statement. Ms. Sweeney: I'd like to introduce Doug Poyner he will be talking about DWS shutoff and on Petition No. 2015-04. Please re-state your name for the record. 8) Doug Poyner for Shane Antonio (Kohala) signed up to testify on agenda item 4a. Mr. Poyner: For the record, my name is Doug Poyner. I am commenting on behalf of Shane Antonio who has I feel has been wronged. These are his words. "After living in Oregon for a few years, I decided to make the move back home to North Kohala. My main reason for returning was because my TuTu Jennie Chesebro wanted me to take over and live on a piece of land she owned out in Makapala, North Kohala. At that time, said piece of land was being occupied by an uncle of mine, William (Billie) Yamamoto who happened to be a supervisor for D.W.S Waimea, he lived on property and cared for the land. Along with the home he occupied, my uncle also made use of the surrounding land by starting and caring for a small farm, both of which had a running water. My uncle's home as well as the surrounding properties all were being supplied by the D.W.S which has a tank nearby as well as a D.W.S water meter. After only a few days of living on the property, I had learned that my uncle, who worked for D.W.S, was very upset with me for losing the use of the property and his retaliation toward me and my family I believe resulted in him shutting off the water supply by closing a valve on that tank. At that time I was told, by my uncle, that there would be no way for the water to return to the land due to my lack of no water lines running from the tank which was not correct. Following the events of the water being shut off, I went to the office in Waimea and spoke with a woman named Tanya. Tanya informed me that no meters or water lines had ever existed on the property & that the only way to get a water supply back to the property was to pay an engineer to put in water lines which was in excess of$10,000. A hefty amount of cash, though a minor cost compared to the $60,000 Mr. & Mrs. Russell of 52-170 Makapala RD TMK# 3-5-2-11-2 was told it would cost them to get a water supply to their property. Not at all satisfied, I was not satisfied with Tanya's information, I took it upon myself to make a three hour drive from North Kohala to Hilo to see the records of the water supply there. It was there then I learned that Tanya's and my uncle's information regarding the non-existence of a water meter was in fact a lie. The woman in the Hilo office brought out the 11