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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br />COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br />MAY 5, 2016 <br />A regularly advertised hearing on the Planning Director Initiated update regarding Puna Pono <br />Alliance, et al.'s claim against the Geothermal Asset Fund (presentation by claim adjuster) was <br />called to order at 9:47 a.m. in the County of Hawaii Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 <br />Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawaii with Chairman Charles Heaukulani presiding. <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Charles Heaukulani, Gregory Henkel, Donald Ikeda, Myles <br />Miyasato, and Raylene Moses. <br />ABSENT & EXCUSED: Donn Dela Cruz. <br />ALSO PRESENT: Duane Kanuha (Planning Director), Danny Patel (Deputy Corporation <br />Counsel for the Windward Planning Commission), Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), <br />Jeff Darrow (Staff Planner), Christian Kay (Staff Planner), and Sarah Hata-Finley (Commission <br />Secretary). <br />And 15 members from the public in attendance. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED <br />Presentation by claim adjuster regarding Claimants Puna Pono Alliance, et al.'s, claim against <br />the Geothermal Asset Fund for funding to conduct a Native Hawaiian Psycho -Social Impact and <br />Community Well -Being Study. <br />HEAUKULANL All right, I'm going to move to Item No. 4 on our agenda and ask if staff <br />would give us a short introduction to orient us on this matter. Good morning, sir. <br />ARAI: Hi. Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission and members of the <br />public. Thank you for attending this morning. Regarding this matter, the Commissioners may <br />recall that a status update on this particular matter was brought forth at your March 3rd 2016 <br />meeting. At that particular meeting, the Commission requested that the Planning Department <br />make arrangements with the claim adjuster to attend today's proceedings, and we have done just <br />that. We do have Mr. James Owens from John Mullen & Co. who is in the audience this <br />morning, and he will be ready to come before you when you make the call. <br />Thein advance of today's meeting, we did, Mr. Owens was able to provide to you a written <br />narrative dated April 30, 2016, copies of which have been distributed to you. In addition, by <br />letter dated May 4, 2016, we have communications from the Law Office of Thomas E. Luebben, <br />again copies of which have been provided to you, and we also have two additional <br />communications which we just received. One is a letter dated May 4 from Mr. Thomas Lee <br />EXHIBIT D <br />