September 28, 2016 DRAFT SC Minutes

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September 10th meeting, which had to do with the fact that the mission of the whole CDP and the fact is — is this is the way to protect and preserve and to do all the things that the CDP says it wants to do. As far as the second point about the takings, I'm a — I'm a lawyer also. I'm a retired lawyer and I would say that this is pretty cedent law. Mr. Shropshire bought zoned land that he was allowed to do all these things on. It was Industrial. It's still Industrial, he can still do all those things. He can sell it to somebody else as Industrial land just like he bought it as Industrial land. There is no taking. And there is no taking if you say that into the future we would prefer to see that Open that it's not a taking because he can turn around and sell it tomorrow as Industrial. He can still make his money on it. There's no taking whatsoever. I think you should check with Corporate Counsel, I agree — but not in the threatening manner that it was expressed to you a couple minutes ago, that you wo d all be hung if you went ahead and made it all Open. I don't think that that's the case. And t finally, and 1'11 wrap this up — oh, I will wrap it up. Finally, the last thing is, I agree, this i is an ordeal to stay this late. I don't know how you do it. My mind is mush at this poi d 1— just have to hand it to you —you're — you stayed on top of this stuff and I don't — I ire you for being able to do hi Thank you. 6. Nick Koch, representing himself, speaking on Kamehameha land use designation request and Hakalau Point: Thank you and sorry for belaboring this yet again. 1 just have two — three points and 1'11 keep it really short and — this —forestry — Land Use — (inaudible). There are really a lack of processing facilities for ag products throughout Hdmdkua. You've heard this over and over again tonight, but all you have to do is call Kulano, call the slaughter house in Pa'auilo and find out how long — how many months or weeks you gottb wait to get your animals processed. I'm not saying that this is going to be a slaughter house, I'm just saying, in general, processing of food, processing of wood — which is what I work in, is an issue in Hawaii. This is why ag doesn't work in Hawaii. This is why we need more appropriate development that can allow that to happen. And as to the park, we gotta remember, a third of the island is already a park. The National Pork is huge. State Parks are very large. There are already plenty of parks out there that need plenty of help and we don't need to add another one to the list of parks. Now, going to ehomeho Schools, their cluster development. And I know this is already settled, it's trot — I'm not trying to revisit but what /am trying to do is— when you see this again, consider that ag, right next to the ocean receives salt spray and this is something we've seen in Hdmdkua (inaudible). Salt spray kills off veg. It's not exactly the most appropriate use of the land to have agriculture right next to the ocean. The other thing, low elevation equals less rainfall. And finally, people don't wanna live way up in the mauka, in the bushes. They wanna live where they can get to work, where they can get to Hilo relatively easily and they want their agriculture in an area where agriculture is more appropriate, where they don't get their stuff stolen all the time (inaudible). Thank you. There were six written comments submitted on pink forms. 1. Reid Nakamura: "In regard to Hakalau Point, the proposed development would be beneficial to the local community, and the younger generation. Opportunities are hard to come by on the Hdmdkua coast and a revitalization of an area previously developed makes great sense. In regard to rezoning to "open". I believe this would be a negative move as it benefits very few Page 118