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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-11-25 1250 Oceanside LLC Disagrees with Objection DeVera, Ashley From: Derek B. Simon <dsimon@carlsmith.com> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2024 9:10 AM To: 'Mark M. Murakami'; Campbell, Jean K; Planning Board of Appeals Cc: Bailey, Elizabeth B.; Kenneth R. Kupchak; Toren K. Yamamoto; Patrick K. Wong; Ian R. Wesley-Smith; Cynthia Y. Arashiro Subject: RE: 1250 Oceanside LLC (PL-BOA-2024-000104 & 105) Chair Lewis: Oceanside respectfully disagrees with the Planning Director's (and apparently Intervenor's)view of the purpose and requirements of Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Orders. HRS§91-12 requires that"[e]very decision and order adverse to a party to the proceeding, rendered by an agency in a contested case, shall be in writing or stated in the record and shall be accompanied by separate findings of fact and conclusions of law." "The requirement that the [agency] set out findings of fact and conclusions of law is no mere technical or perfunctory matter. The purpose of the statutory requirement that the agency set forth separately its findings of fact and conclusions of law is to assure reasoned decision making by the agency and enable judicial review of agency decisions." Application of Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc., 60 Haw. 625, 642-43, 594 P.2d 612, 623-24 (1979). Simply put, "[t]he parties and the court should not be left to guess,with respect to any material question of fact,or to any group of minor matters that may have cumulative significance, the precise finding of the agency." Application of Hawaiian Tel. Co., 54 Haw. 663, 668, 513 P.2d 1376, 1379 (1973). The Planning Director's Proposed Orders provide no actual findings of fact other than an incomplete recitation of the procedural history in these appeals, and its proposed conclusions of law just quote various statutory requirements. This is clearly insufficient under the law and will leave the Circuit Court guessing as to the Board's actual findings. Oceanside is simply requesting a short continuance—to the Board's next available meeting—to provide additional proposed findings and conclusions for the Board to consider, and to which the Planning Director and Intervenor can object. Based on all of that, the Board will then be able to take the action it deems necessary and sufficient under the law, before these appeals are reviewed by the Circuit Court. Thanks, Derek From: Mark M. Murakami [mailto:mmm©hawaiilawyer.com] Sent: Monday, November 25, 2024 8:49 AM To: Campbell, Jean K; Derek B. Simon; Planning Board of Appeals Cc: Bailey, Elizabeth B.; Kenneth R. Kupchak; Toren K. Yamamoto; Patrick K. Wong; Ian R. Wesley-Smith; Cynthia Y. Arashiro Subject: RE: 1250 Oceanside LLC (PL-BOA-2024-000104 & 105) CAUTION:This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Chair Lewis: The Coupe Family joins the County's objection to the continuance. 1 Thank you, Mark Mark M. Murakami I Director, CRE° Office: (808)531-8031 Fax: (808)533-2242 Mail: mmm@hawaiilawyer.com Web: www.hawaiilawyer.com Addr: 1003 Bishop St,Ste 1600 M E R S. Honolulu, HI 96813 :.W FI M3 WOR(DW1Uf D.Wi( ) . KLY LE(.SNG Ki..'1 CHAK HASTERT no vaiilawryer.com,D A I 'a'A' CUR POR ATI L1N Confidentiality Notice:This email message,including any attachments,is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s)and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited.If you are not the intended recipient,please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.Thank you. FRAUD ALERT—PLEASE CALL YOUR DAMON KEY CONTACT TO VERIFY ANY EMAIL OR FAX REQUESTS FOR WIRE TRANSFER PAYMENTS,WIRING INSTRUCTIONS,OR CHANGES TO WIRING INSTRUCTIONS THAT APPEAR TO BE FROM OUR FIRM. From: Campbell,Jean K<JeanK.Campbell@hawaiicounty.gov> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2024 7:28 AM To: Derek B. Simon <dsimon@carlsmith.com>; Planning Board of Appeals<boardofappeals@hawaiicounty.gov> Cc: Bailey, Elizabeth B. <ElizabethB.Bailey@hawaiicounty.gov>; Mark M. Murakami <mmm@hawaiilawyer.com>; Kenneth R. Kupchak<krk@hawaiilawyer.com>;Toren K. Yamamoto<tky@hawaiilawyer.com>; Patrick K. Wong <pwong@carlsmith.com>; Ian R. Wesley-Smith <iwesley-smith@carlsmith.com>; Cynthia Y. Arashiro <carashiro@carlsmith.com> Subject: RE: 1250 Oceanside LLC (PL-BOA-2024-000104& 105) Good morning Chair, The Department objects to the requested continuance of this matter. The purpose of the FOFCOLD&O is not to catalog all the arguments made by every party to the case. It reflects only the Board's decision. In both of these cases, despite consideringvoluminous arguments by the parties,the Board's decisions were narrow and concise. Thus, it is not appropriate to turn the FOFCOLD&O into a brief to set the stage for the parties' return to court. Any further arguments by the parties may be appropriately made in their filings before the court. Aloha, Jean From: Derek B. Simon <dsimon@carlsmith.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2024 3:43 PM To: Planning Board of Appeals<boardofappeals@hawaiicounty.gov> Cc: Campbell,Jean K<JeanK.Campbell@hawaiicounty.gov>; Bailey, Elizabeth B. <ElizabethB.Bailey@hawaiicounty.gov>; Mark M. Murakami <mmm@hawaiilawyer.com>; R. Kupchak<krk@hawaiilawyer.com>;Toren K. Yamamoto <tky@hawaiilawyer.com>; Patrick K. Wong<pwong@carlsmith.com>; Ian R. Wesley-Smith <iwesley- smith@carlsmith.com>; Cynthia Y. Arashiro<carashiro@carlsmith.com> Subject: 1250 Oceanside LLC (PL-BOA-2024-000104 & 105) Aloha Chair Lewis: 2 On behalf of 1250 Oceanside, LLC, I am writing to request a short continuance of the upcoming hearings in PL-BOA- 2024-000104 & 105 regarding the Planning Director's Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Orders (Proposed Orders). The Board is tentatively scheduled to take up the Planning Director's Proposed Orders at its meeting on December 13th The Planning Director served its Proposed Orders on Wednesday, November 13th, Oceanside's and Intervenor C&J Coupe Family Limited Partnership's objections to the Proposed Orders are presently due next Friday, November 29th. However, Oceanside strongly believes that both of the Planning Director's Proposed Orders are substantially incomplete and insufficient, particularly given the context of these appeals and the fact these proceedings were initiated pursuant to an order of the Circuit Court in the underlying lawsuit. Therefore, Oceanside requests that(a) the December 13th hearing on the Proposed Orders being continued to the Board's next available meeting, and (b)the deadlines for submitting proposed orders and objections thereto be reset accordingly. This short continuance will provide all parties with an opportunity to thoroughly review the extensive record and submit their owner proposed orders, supplemental findings and conclusions, and/or their objections. I have copied counsel for both the Planning Director and Intervenor on this email. Thank you, Derek DEREK B. 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