2016-04-21 Leeward Exh F (Amend SPP 77-20 & SPP 378)

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UNGER: Commissioners, any questions? Thank you. At this time I’d like to call the applicant, the Planning Director, and the intervenor or intervenors to the table, please. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth before the Planning Commission? PARTIES: Yes. Yes, I do. UNGER: Please state your name and where you reside, starting with the applicant. VITOUSEK: Randy Vitousek. I reside in Waimea. The applicant Lalamilo Farms, John Edney, member, manager, is present. He lives in North Kohala. UNGER: Thank you. YEH: Good afternoon. My name is Thomas Yeh, attorney representing the intervenors. Several of them are present here today: Earl Yamamoto, Charlene Hirayama and Cheryl Hirayama. And they are actually the owners on each side of the subject property. UNGER: Okay, thank you. SELF: Deputy Corporation Counsel Amy Self representing the Planning Director. KANUHA: Duane Kanuha, Planning Director. UNGER: Thank you. If the applicant or applicant’s representative would like to start. VITOUSEK: Thank you, Mr. Chair, Members of the Commission. First, I’d like to say that the applicant is withdrawing the request relative to the Meadow Gold trucks, because the Meadow Gold trucks that were, you know, had delivered milk and other products to the property and had delivered other products from the location, have moved out; in other words they cancelled their agreement, they no longer use it. So we want to ask that the Commission delete references to the Meadow Gold truck or refrigerated truck parking from the permit. No longer relevant. With respect to the fitness center, we are, or the fitness center, under negotiations to find another location under the terms of the proposed permit. The idea was to sunset the fitness center out of the property into another location. It was a very, very popular use there in Waimea, but, you know, understanding that that is not a permitted agricultural use, it could be permitted by Special Permit, but a decision was made and negotiated among the parties to have the fitness center use temporary permitted but phased out. Under the terms of the agreement it would be, they would be out by December 31, 2016. It seems likely that they will be out before that. So those two components are, you know, hopefully resolved by this proposed stipulated agreement relative to the Special Permit amendment. An issue that was left open by the stipulation was the Planning Director was going to evaluate whether the butter processing, honey processing and the bakery uses were permitted uses in the Ag District or whether they were uses that had to be permitted by Special Permit. And it has been the applicant’s consistent position that those uses are in fact permitted uses in the Agricultural 4 EXHIBIT F