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<br />LEEWARD PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
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<br />HEARING TRANSCRIPT
<br />MARCH 21, 2019
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<br />A regularly advertised Discussion on Permit or Ordinance condition deadlines and
<br />consequences of not complying with condition deadlines was called to order at 10:25 a.m. in
<br />the West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Community Center, Building G, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole
<br />Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i, with Chairman Keith F. Unger presiding.
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<br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Keith F. Unger, Nancy Carr Smith, Scott Church,
<br />Perry Kealoha, Sonny Shimaoka and Faye Yates
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<br />ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Michael Vitousek
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<br />ALSO PRESENT: Malia Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Amy Self (Deputy
<br />Corporation Counsel), Ronald Kim (Deputy Corporation Counsel), Michael Yee (Planning
<br />Director), Jeff Darrow (Planning Program Manager), Maija Jackson (Planner) and Noriko Sauer
<br />(Commission Secretary)
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<br />And approximately 30 people from the public in attendance.
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<br />Discussion on Permit or Ordinance condition deadlines and consequences of not complying
<br />with condition deadlines.
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<br />UNGER: Administrative Matters No. 1, discussion on permit or ordinance condition deadlines and
<br />consequences of not complying with condition deadlines. Before we get into our staff presentation, I
<br />just wanted to explain some background on how this got on the agenda. This was at a request of the
<br />Leeward Planning Commissioners. We, some of us, have been on the Commission two, three, four
<br />and even five years, and this is something that has come before us on a regular basis, these time
<br />extensions, and, and we began questioning how and why and what is the history, what is the
<br />background, what is the legality, what ordinances are we bound by or not bound by in making these
<br />determinations. We started, we requested that it be brought up at the last meeting, not officially, and
<br />as we got into the discussion, Corporate Counsel Malia Hall said, hey, wait a minute, this, if we are
<br />going to have this discussion, we have to have it on the agenda, public needs to be part of it, they
<br />need to provide testimony, and then, and if they want, then they can show up and testify. So that’s
<br />where we are today.
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<br />For us as commissioners, for you as members of the public, we look at this as an educational
<br />opportunity, and I’m really glad that we have this opportunity now to hear from staff. I’m curious
<br />also; what is the history, what is the background? And so we are going to start with a presentation
<br />from staff, then we are going to go into public testimony. So you will have an opportunity to testify.
<br />We are thinking there’s going to be some questions or some issues brought up in testimony, so we
<br />want to give staff an opportunity after that to answer some questions, not necessarily a
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