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Planning Department would then amend its rules accordingly to implement them. Director Yee <br />commented that he was a member of the statewide climate commission, and that there were <br />legislators on the commission who were pushing bills to give direction from the state level to the <br />county level. He said that other planning directors were also seeing that on all of the islands this <br />matter was handled case by case when there was no state law in place, and that the challenge was <br />that it was unclear what ability the counties had now, to make adjustments in order to process <br />applications that were obviously impacted by sea level rise. He further said that the county did <br />not necessarily want to get into precedent setting, but at the same time, as a planning director, he <br />did not want to be foolish about his choices. He also mentioned that although Hawai‘i State was <br />not getting the leadership at the national level to be able to set national policy in this matter, the <br />State was ahead of the curve compared to most other states in pushing forward on the issue. <br /> <br />Chairman Unger spoke of a question regarding consequences of not meeting condition deadlines, <br />which Commissioner Carr Smith had brought up during the hearing on Agenda Item No. 1, and <br />expressed his concern about some applicants not paying attention to their condition time frame <br />and counting on the support of the Planning Department for time extension. At the advice of <br />counsel, Chairman Unger dismissed further discussion about this topic and it was moved by <br />Commissioner Vitousek and seconded by Commissioner Carr Smith that the Commission <br />agendize for the next meeting a discussion on the consequences of not complying with <br />conditions of approval. A voice vote was taken and the motion carried with all in favor. <br /> <br />ANNOUNCEMENTS <br /> <br />Mr. Darrow announced that a public hearing in Kona on proposed amendments to the Planning <br />Department Rules relative to the new short-term vacation rental law was scheduled for February <br />28, 2019. <br /> <br />ADJOURNMENT <br /> <br />There being no further business, it was moved by Commissioner Church that the meeting be <br />adjourned. A voice vote was taken and the motion carried with all in favor. Chairman Unger <br />adjourned the meeting at 11:36 a.m. <br /> <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Noriko Sauer, Secretary <br /> <br />A T T E S T: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Keith F. Unger, Chairman <br />Leeward Planning Commission <br />4 <br /> <br />