2019-03-07 Hearing Transcript - William Quinn Pahoa Farm & Garden

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CLARKSON: Do we have a motion for the closing of public testimony? REPLOGLE: I move that we close public testimony. DELA CRUZ: Second. CLARKSON: All those in favor? COMMISSIONERS: Aye. CLARKSON: Opposed? Motion carried. Public testimony is closed. You wanted to further question AGUINALDO: Yeah CLARKSON: —from the Applicant? AGUINALDO: From our last meeting, last year pertaining to access of the road. Was that a possibility or an option as far as the Catholic Church allowing? KERN: We, myself and Mr. Quinn, we spoke to the Catholic Church. That road has an easement granted to a different individual over that road for the parcel that's to the Hilo side of it, and as far as it being a potentiality, I think that it exists as far as it being realistic and cost effective, that's what the, that's what the sticking point was. Cause there was some topography issues coming off from Mr. Quinn's down to the church, and when we talked, when we looked at doing the calculation of filling and it was like, brah, it's a bit much, you know. Now, if he were a different kind of business, you know, that might be a different story. But, he's a small business, focused on agriculture and farm and garden, so it's, it was very, it wasn't going to work. AGUINALDO: Okay. QUINN: It would require, Gilbert, it would require 30 to 4030 cubic yard truckloads of backfill to fill a 40- to 50 -yard stretch about 34 feet wide, and the backfill and trucking it in, the cost, then water runs down so we might have to build a culvert so that the water can flow through. It's just not as easy as gravel. KERN: It was closer to 2,000 cubic yards. QUINN: The entrance off of the highway, if the gentleman in the green sweater [Christian Kay] could bring the picture back up of our driveway, I can tell you what the Department of Transportation told me, and we do meet that criteria. KERN: You're going to need the mic. QUINN: I gotta walk over there. EXHIBIT D 12