September 28, 2016 DRAFT SC Minutes

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Shropshire's properties. She emphasized that the Steering Committee and the CDP do not have the authority to change zoning, nor is the CDP recommending a zoning change for this area. Also mentioned in the letter is Steering Committee member Brad Kurokawa's potential conflict of interest with regards to Hakalau. Written testimony submitted to Steering Committee members prior to the meeting by Terrence M. Lee (Sullivan Meheula Lee, LLLP) on behalf of Steve Shropshire (Shropshire Group LLC) can be viewed and downloaded in its entirety from the following website: http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/1/doc/81921/Pagel.aspx. *At this point Mr. Kurokawa formally recused himself from any discussion votes related to Hakalau Point. There were twenty four people who signed up to testify. [Please note that all testimony has been recorded exactly as presented.] 1. Michael Johnson, representing farmers providing test X Hakalau Point: Thank you for n being here and having this meeting. It's very impor l politics for people to talk with one another so when I was at the meeting on September 10th, I saw that there was a change to the plan that hadn't been on the agenda and that was to change the designation of Hakalau Point from Industrial and Open to just Open. So what I did then, after I heard that the community had spoken, I said well, I hadn't spoken and I know a lot of other people who hadn't spoken and so I went out and got a petition. It actually turned into a survey and I learned a lot about what's happening in the community. I know some there's some people don't like other people. I know there's a lot of dreams represented here in this community too so I put in ideas for the use of Hakalau Point. The petiti n read: "We the citizens of Hawaii County urge the Hdmdkua Community Development Stee �ng Committee, the County of Hawaii, the County Council and the Mayor to support the communities' desire to keep the land at Hakalau Point in its current Industrial Zoning and to deny any further acti s to reclassify the land from Industrial to Open Lands in the draft or final Hdmdkua Community Development Plan. Furthermore, we the undersigned believe that the current and historical past Industrial Zoning of Hakalau Point will be of great benefit to the Hdmdommunity while honoring our forefathers in the sugar industry and our ancestral forefathe the Hawaiian culture who set the precedent for the commercial industrial use of this land." And in here I found people said industrial, industrial, agricultural, ag tourism came up a lot. I was in favor of an agricultural park that would display the different crops that are growing in the Hdmdkua coast and a learning garden for Hawaiian plants that we still grow like olena or turmeric on the Hdmdkua coast. But also found that some people said Open and Industrial so there is a bridge, there is a way to have both. There is a way to have a park there and still have Industrial. /represent a lot of the farmers and am actively starting a Farmers' Association. I think that having Industry in Hakalau will help the farmers tremendously in a lot of ways. Thank you. 2. Dylan Shropshire, representing farmers on the agenda item of Hakalau Point: Thank you. I'm also representing my dad and our idea and our dream here in Hakalau. Wow, where to begin? I started coming to these meetings I think in 2010-2011. I've been to more than I can count and I spent a lot of time and hours on this process. Thank you guys very much for all of your help and all your time you've committed here so far. I really appreciate it. /was gonna comment on the conflict of interest but I really do appreciate Brad for you saying that and you know, I think it really — the problem with the process for me has been that community meetings are really Page 12