2018-11-07 Hearing Transcript - William Quinn (Pahoa Farm & Garden) SPP 18-199

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REPLOGLE: Second. CLARKSON: All those in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. CLARKSON: Opposed? Public testimony is closed. Now is the time where we have to consider a motion for action and further discussion and, Zendo, if you'd like to come up and make one more quick point before we have a motion. KERN: I would like to make a quick couple points as brief as I can. First one is in relation to Commissioner Replogle's comments about the mapping there. That was a major issue when that was done in the CDP. It should have been amended. What happened was, pass it now, amend it later. That didn't happen. The guy who made those maps was not really in tune with the community. Therefore, in the CDP, this is quoting it, "the maps shown in this chapter are not meant to be precise or strictly interpreted but rather as guidelines in the preparation of rezonings in the area or use permits in that way." [Sic.] So, there's a provision in the CDP, just so you're aware of it to give it some of that latitude so I hope that makes it a little easier for you. With regards to the access, looking at the access and the engineering side of it, I think that should be done as a condition. I think that if you folks decide to approve it, put that in as a condition. Let `em work it, but at least he knows he's not throwing good money away. It's already hard enough. Puna and Pahoa has already been hit hard enough as it is, and I'm going make this final point or two maybe, you're not the only director that has the hard challenge with Puna. Puna has been challenged and that's why even when I was on the Commission, it was the same thing. It's just hard geographically planning. It's bloody hard. That's why special and unusual circumstances like we do in Special Permits are relevant, and that's what we have in this situation with that, with the greater though of planning. But, most of you know, we have a project in Pahoa. Look at the room. Look at the testifiers. Look at the petitions. Look at the letters. Doing something in Pahoa or Puna is one of the most controversial hardest places to do it on the island. You have guys lined up, signs up, don't do it, do it, controversial, right? I mean, that's what generally happens in Pahoa and Puna. We have 250 signatures. We have two strong voices of Pahoa. We have hardly—we have two letters that are against it. This is baffling to me in an amazing way because I was expecting something much, much, you know, who knows what happens in Puna. So, just think, I think that's really important to consider. Really no opposition. I'll be quiet now. Thank you. AGUINALDO: People change, Zendo. People change. CLARKSON: All right, do we have a motion for action on this item? While they are thinking about it since the Chair is not supposed to make a motion, I would like to make a few comments. I would tend to support the Director's recommendation and would simply because of the CDP process. I mean, if all you folks are right in saying that the CDP is irrelevant now, it's gotta be revised, get it revised. Get your community together. Revised the darn thing. We kind of have to trust the community when they tell us what they want. We've been through this with the Hamakua—I've only been on the Commission for a couple of years, but I've been through two EXHIBIT E 22