September 28, 2016 FINAL SC Minutes

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industry but it sure wasn't helpful 'cause when you have to pump all that muddy water back uphill, take (inaudible) cane out, let it filter the — the — the turbidity out of the water through three or four different settling ponds, then you have to muck out the settling ponds, you're talkin' money. Now, the sugar industry is gone and those opportunities are gone. I mean, thousands of opportunities and those are direct opportunities, not even including the indirect opportunities like KTA Stores and — and clothing stores and restaurants and whatever. So in my case — am I done? Ms. Gomes: Yes Mr. Fitzgerald: Well l support Steve's project because it's gonna help provide jobs on the Hdmdkua Coast in one way or another. Thank you. 12. John Kaye, representing Hakalau Point Preservation Association (HPPA), speaking on the agenda item of Hakalau: Thank you. /guess — I spoke at the last meeting and I'm not gonna repeat myself. I just think there's about two or three points to keep in mind tonight. First of all, we're talking — not talking about a zoning change at all. The zoning for Hakalau Point is Industrial. It has always been Industrial. When Mr. Shropshire bought it, it was Industrial. It was nothing else and it will remain Industrial. What the CDP is about is after getting everybody's input in terms of aspirations in what it would or should look like. The idea was that if you read the CDP, the community has said we want to preserve oceanfront. We didn't want houses built all over the oceanfronts. We wanted to have ocean views for everybody. We wanted the idea that everybody on this island should be able to share in this rich, beautiful place that we live. And that was the idea behind it and it still is the idea behind the CDP, I believe. And so, what the CDP has done is say, Mr. Shropshire's land will remain Industrial but for purposes of ever rezoning it into something else, that could be problematic because we would like to have it Open, but you keep your Industrial zoning and I think that's really important for everybody to see. The second thing is all of this — 99% of everything Mr. Shropshire is asking for, he's had 10 years to do under the Industrial Zoning. All of this can be done through Industrial Zoning, including the restaurant. It all could be done. Third is if you take a look at Mr. Shropshire's dream, he's had other dreams in the past. They have been for resorts on Hakalau Point. They've been for oceanfront homes on Hakalau Point. This is the latest of his dreams. He has submitted plans, withdrawn plans, submitted plans, withdrawn plans, over and over again and I think it's important for everybody to keep in mind that again, there is nothing that has prevented Mr. Shropshire from doing any of this. There's nothing that would prevent him from doing it tomorrow or the next day with his current Industrial Zone. He bought it Industrial, he keeps it Industrial. That's all. 13. Arto "Pako" Woods, representing himself and speaking on the agenda item of Hakalau Park: Hello everyone. My name is Pako. I live in the Honomu area. I use Hakalau a lot, from taking my kids swimming there during the summer throughout the winter months, to fishing, you know, kinda sustainability yeah. I know Dylan really well, for like about three years now. He's a really good guy. He lets me access his land at any time whether it's hunting and fishing like I just stated. My big thing is when I heard the interest of building a park on Hakalau Point, the first thing that came to my mind is like, wait, we have a beach park down here. We have no bathrooms, basically nothing you know. There's a bunch of porta potties that are really, really bad. Why not fix up the park that we have instead of building another park? You know, so Page 17