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WINDWARD PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII <br /> HEARING TRANSCRIPT <br /> AUGUST 5, 2021 <br /> A regularly advertised hearing on the application of CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY <br /> PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/ COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT <br /> SERVICES (CBESS) (SPP 12-000138) was called to order at 9:22 a.m. via live-stream online <br /> meeting, with Chairman John Replogle presiding. <br /> COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE: Dean Au, Gilbert Aguinaldo, Joseph Clarkson, <br /> Michelle Galimba, Dennis Lin, and John Replogle <br /> RECUSED: Thomas Raffipiy <br /> ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Malia Hall, Esq. (Counsel for the Commission), Jeffrey Darrow, <br /> (Deputy Planning Director), Jean Campbell, Esq. (Counsel for the Planning Director) Maija <br /> Jackson (Program Manager), and Melissa Dacayanan-Salvador (Windward Planning Commission <br /> Secretary) <br /> APPLICANT: CONNECTIONS NEW CENTURY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL/ <br /> COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES (CBESS) (SPP 12-000138) <br /> Discussion and action limited to the procedural question on whether the Windward Planning <br /> Commission will make a decision on the record as presented or open the record to hear new <br /> evidence regarding Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138, which was remanded back to the Windward <br /> Planning Commission by Intermediate Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent with its <br /> January 31, 2020 Memorandum Opinion vacating the County of Hawaii Windward Planning <br /> Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and Order,which denied Special Permit SPP No. 12-000138. <br /> The subject Special Permit sought to develop a K to 12 charter school campus with dorm facilities <br /> and related uses on approximately 70 acres of land situated in the State Land Use Agricultural <br /> District. The property is located on both the southwest and northeast sides of Edita Street near its <br /> intersection with Kaumana Drive and adjoining the Pacific Plantation Subdivision in Kaumana, <br /> South Hilo, Hawaii, TMK: 2-5-006:141 <br /> Secretary's Note: "—" indicates that there were technical and/or internet difficulties, which made <br /> the conversation inaudible. <br /> REPLOGLE: So, we're going to move onto unfinished business. The applicant is Connections <br /> New Century Public Charter School/Community Based Education Support Services (CBESS), <br /> SPP 12-000138. Discussion and action limited to the procedural question on whether the <br /> Windward Planning Commission will make a decision on the record as presented or open the <br /> record to hear new evidence regarding Special Permit No. 12-000138, which was remanded back <br /> to the Planning Commission by Intermediate Court of Appeals for further proceedings consistent <br /> with its January 31, 2020 Memorandum Opinion vacating the County of Hawaii Windward <br /> Planning Commission's May 12, 2014 Decision and Order, which denied Special Permit SPP <br /> 1 <br /> EXHIBIT B <br />