|
Two comments briefly. The Commission while certainly does have the right to deny a time
<br />extension for whatever reasons, I would suggest just the point of view and thought that when the
<br />Commissioners may feel that there is not enough information to assess something given a period
<br />of time that has passed or a change or tsunami that just hit or whatever, that the Commission
<br />instead of merely denying it, ask for fresh global look. It’s a constructive twist to simply saying,
<br />gee, do I have to deny it, is saying instead, we want to look at this fresh in a global look to see
<br />how things are, please resubmit a fresh application package, and we will consider all the reasons
<br />you’ve given. It’s still a denial, but saying a denial in a positive way that things have changed,
<br />we need a fresh, global look. It’s just perspective, result is similar, okay?
<br />
<br />Last thing is, it’s a little bit off, stretching it slightly, but I have a comment that’s not really fair
<br />in a landscape where substantial amount of zoning was given in a 1967 Zoning Code that exist
<br />without conditions at all, lands that are underdeveloped or completely undeveloped today that are
<br />zoned for Commercial, Resort, etc. Think of the vacant lot on Ali‘i Drive that’s zoned Resort
<br />right next to the big banyan tree that everyone takes pictures of. Those sites have no time
<br />conditions on them. But people who come in today that want to do something for infill pockets,
<br />have these conditions that we are talking about. There is something unfair about that system
<br />where some get a free ride in perpetuity with no conditions and others don’t. I don’t have a
<br />solution, just pointing that out for your perspective. Thank you very much.
<br />
<br />UNGER: Great, thank you. You all may be seated. Mark Powell, Diane Blancett-Maddock,
<br />Bob Hoxsie and Simmy McMichael. You can begin. Please state your name and area of
<br />residence.
<br />
<br />POWELL: Aloha, Commissioners, Mark Powell, Kinau Street, Kailua-Kona. A couple of
<br />things that just going through what I heard today and some other stuff is time extensions. You
<br />know, if a developer comes in, or a person, with an idea 30 years ago and gets approved, is it still
<br />that today? Any of you planned on being in this room 30 years ago? I doubt it. Ten years ago?
<br />Maybe not. Five years ago? Probably not. So things change. So when a developing project
<br />exten- time, zoning expires and they apply for an extension, if they haven’t applied as the rule
<br />say before it expires, they should have to start from square one again. No doubt. The 250-dollar
<br />fee for an extension probably doesn’t cover the County’s cost. Every time a developer, after
<br />looking at them, looks for a time extension or, that they put in, ask for more favors to put more
<br />money in their pocket. That isn’t fair. You heard about impact fees. If you paid your taxes 30
<br />years ago for life, you would be saving a lot of money. Well, that’s basically what the developer
<br />does on impact fees, basically paid them years ago when they were low, a lot different than
<br />today. And times have changed. Do we have water? Do we have the right sewer system, road
<br />system? So there is a lot of things that you can look at. And I think, I think it is in your favor to
<br />deny extensions when they didn’t follow basic duties of what they were required to do and there
<br />was no significant development started. And 20 years doing a development through over time is
<br />not reasonable. If they are going to build it, get in, build it and get rid of it. I heard today, ask,
<br />maybe you should ask, are you going to build it or, you know, flip it? So that is an important
<br />thing because they aren’t members of our community. Thank you.
<br />
<br />DIANE BLANCETT-MADDOCK: Aloha, Commissioners. My name is Diane
<br />15
<br />EXHIBIT B
<br />
<br />
|