2017-11-02 Hearing Transcript - Celestial Sanctum 501(C)3 SPP 17-192

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Applicant discussed road maintenance with the remaining property owners who are in that easement agreement? KERN: I will let the Applicant speak to that. I know he's a part of the road association as well as he would be responsible for bringing the road up to a standard which will basically be 20 -feet wide, all-weather surface, which is going to be a tremendous amount of improvements to get that up, up to standard. As far as moving forward with on-going maintenance, I will let the Applicant speak to that. CABADOS: Hi Joseph. Right now, the road is actually supposed to be 20 -feet wide, but over time, it's gone down to about 12 feet. We are already in the process of re -doing the road. I'm on the Luna Ikena Road Maintenance Corporation, and so, what we've done is my neighbor has all the heavy equipment, you know, excavator, tractor, backhoe, and so forth. So, we purchased additional equipment at our expense to make the road better. In fact, actually last Saturday and Sunday, we were out scraping the road and widening it somewhat and keeping it so that it's maintained. And, all that's being done. We have yearly dues that come in for road maintenance to add new gravel and keep the road up. But, the neighbor and I and her husband are doing all the labor at no charge to keep expenses down and increase the quality of the road. Because we live there, we want to be able to drive without hitting boulders and, you know, dips in the road and so forth. CLARKSON: So, are you saying that all of the people that are in that road maintenance agreement are okay with the existing financial responsibilities? CABADOS: Yes. Everybody signs when they purchase their land. It was a condition that they contribute $500 per year for road maintenance. So, we manage that money and then we put in additional, we do all the work at no charge. Before, the previous person, was paying someone to come in and, and do maintenance. So, we feel that by us doing all the labor that can add more funds so we can improve the quality of the road for everyone. CLARKSON: Thank you. CABADOS: Thank you. HENKEL: Commissioners, any other questions of the Applicant? Thank you. KERN: Thank you very much. HENKEL: We have no one signed up to—oh, I'm sorry, we have two people signed up to testify. Derek Awong and Brenda Awong, would you please come forward? Good morning. AWONGS: Good morning. HENKEL: Would you raise your right hands? Do you affirm to tell the truth in this matter before the Planning Commission? EXHIBIT A 6