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PLANNING COMMISSION
COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
HEARING TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 4, 2012
PLANNING DIRECTOR INITIATED AMENDMENTS TO
A regularly advertised hearing on the
PLANNING COMMISSION RULE NO. 12 (GEOTHERMAL ASSET FUND)
was called to order
at 9:53 a.m. in the Hawai‘i,
County of Hawai‘i Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo,
with Chairman Zendo Kern presiding.
COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Zendo Kern, Dean Au, Ronald Gonzales, Wallace Ishibashi and Raylene
Moses
STAFF PRESENT: Ivan Torigoe (Deputy Corporation Counsel), B. J. Leithead Todd (Planning Director),
Daryn Arai (Planning Program Manager), Phyllis Fujimoto (Staff Planner), Maija Cottle (Staff Planner), Jeff
Darrow (Staff Planner), and Sharon Nomura (Secretary)
ABSENT AND EXCUSED: Stephen Ono
And 22 people from the public in attendance.
INITIATOR: PLANNING DIRECTOR
Discussion of possible amendments to Planning Commission Rule No. 12 regarding the Geothermal Asset Fund
proposed community approved geothermal impact
relating to procedures and guidelines for the processing of
mitigation projects within the District of Puna.
KERN: Item No. 3, discussion with possible amendments to the
Planning Commission Rule No. 12
regarding the Geothermal Asset Fund. Daryn?
ARAI: Mr. Chairman, Item No. 3 was placed on the agenda just in anticipation of the need should the
Commission decide to provide specific discussion regarding Rule No. 12 regarding the Geothermal Asset Fund.
The Planning Director has no proposed amendments to the rules before you. It was, again, simply placed as a
placeholder on your agenda in order to help facilitate discussion on your rules, if so needed.
KERN: And so process wise, if we table that for a minute and move into administrative matters we could come
back to that if it was needed?
ARAI: Yes, sir.
KERN: Okay. Ivan, do we need to make a motion to table that or I just do it?
TORIGOE: Basically I think you can just, if there’s consensus from the Commission you can take things out of
order.
KERN: Okay. Is there any objection from my Fellow Commissioners to table this for a minute until we move
into administrative matters and have a greater conversation on the letters from Chairman Yagong and Council
Member Blas? Seeing none, then that will be tabled.
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The discussion ended at 9:54 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sharon M. Nomura, Secretary
Windward Planning Commission
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