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KAUA'I HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW COMMISSION
Mo'ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/213
MINUTES
A regular meeting of the Kauai Historic Preservation Review Commission (KHPRC) was held
on June 21, 2018, in the Mo'ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B.
The following Commissioners were present: Chair James Guerber (left 4: 27 p.m.), Vice -Chair
Anne Schneider, Althea Arinaga, Lawrence Chaffin Jr. (arrived 3:10 p.m.), Gerald Ida and
Deatri Nakea.
The following Commissioner was excused: Commissioner Victoria Wichman.
The following staff members were present: Planning Department: Myles Hironaka, Deputy
Planning Director Ka`aina Hull, Shanlee Jimenez, Alex Wong. Deputy County Attorney Jodi
Higuchi-Sayegusa. Office of Boards and Commissions Administrator Nicholas R. Courson.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m.
UnT.T. CALL
Deputy Planning Director Ka`aina Hull: Commissioner Arinaga.
Mr. Arinaga: Present.
Mr. Ilull: Commissioner Chaffin has called to say he's on his way. Commissioner Ida.
Mr. Ida: Present.
Mr. Hull: Commissioner Nakea.
Ms. Nakea: Present.
Mr. Hull: Commissioner Schneider.
Ms. Schneider: Here.
Mr. Hull: Commissioner Wichman is excused. Chair Guerber.
Chair Guerber: Here.
Mr. Hull: You have a quorum, Chair.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
Mr. Hull: The next agenda item is approval of the agenda. The Department would recommend
that the agenda be amended so as to reflect Agenda Item I.1., Lihu`e Flooring & Drapery, be
moved to the bottom of New Business. Other than that, we have no other recommended
amendments.
Ms. Schneider: I make a motion that we move Item I. to the bottom of the agenda.
Ms. Arinaga: Second.
Chair Guerber: All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote) Opposed? (Hearing none) Motion
carried 5:0.
APPROVAL OF THE MAY 17, 2018 MINUTES
Mr. Hull: The next agenda item, Chair, is Agenda Item D., approval of the May 17, 2018
minutes.
Ms. Schneider: I make a motion (that) we approve the minutes of May 17th.
Ms. Arinaga: I second the motion.
Chair Guerber: Any discussion? (Hearing none) Any corrections? (Hearing none) All in
favor? (Unanimous voice vote) Motion carried 5:0.
HEARINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT
Mr. Hull: This next agenda item is Item E., Hearings and Public Comment. At this time, for the
members of the audience, if there's any agenda item you'd like to testify on, now would be the
time to testify on them or, as been generally reserved by the Chair, you can also testify after that
agenda item has come up. So if anybody wants to testify now, this would be your time. Seeing
none.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND GENERAL BUSINESS MATTERS
Mr. Hull: There are no announcements.
COMMUNICATIONS
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Mr. Hull: No communications.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Discussion on the status of the Certified Local Government.
Mr. Hull: So we move on to Agenda Item H., Unfinished Business, which is discussion on the
status of the Certified Local Government (CLG). Concerning State Historic Preservation
Division (SHPD) and our discussions with the Architectural Branch, we have had no further
communications from them. However, we're pleased and excited to announce that SHPD has an
Archeological Representative now stationed here on Kauai, and I'd like the individual to come
up and maybe say a few words to you folks.
David Buckley: So my name is David Buckley. I am the new SHPD Kauai Lead Archeologist
and I will be on -island. Our office is currently in the DOT (Department of Transportation),
Highway Division building. So I will try to make myself accommodating to anybody's request
for informational inquiries that may be pertinent to SHPD. I am still fairly new, so if you have
any words of advice or questions, feel free to ask and I can help as much as I can. Thank you.
Any questions?
Mr. Hull: David, maybe you could give the Commission some background on some of your
training or educational experience.
Mr. Buckley: Sure. I graduated. Right after I graduated undergrad at University of the Pacific
in 2001... or 2005 sorry — I started working for a cultural research management firm in the Bay
Area and I've been there preceding this job. I've been there with the same company for 13 years
doing archeological field work, report writing, laboratory analysis, all facets of archeology and
coordination relating to multiple State and Federal Projects. Now I am taking on this role and so
I feel like it's a good step to be able to use my skills and help SHPD in the process of both State
(Hawai`i Revised Statutes) 6E and Federal Section 106 Rules and Regulations relating to
Historic Preservation.
Mr. Hull: Thanks, David. At the last meeting, some of the Commissioners had some questions
on the Certified Local Government Status as well. If you could give an update (on) some of the
permitting processes going on with the (Department) or happened in the post -April 2018 floods
that this island experienced. So the Department had been staffed, and I think some of you folks
felt that tension with the Department being somewhat under-resourced because so much of our
staff was sent out to deal with the immediate emergency response to that situation. Since that
time, most of our staff has been brought back into the folds of their normal jobs. I can say that
we have a few flood responses still going on.
The placards (were) taken out of Wainiha and are issued at the Planning Department, as well
as ... we have just begun processing the Emergency Ordinance Flood applications. What that
essentially deals with is about a week and a half ago, Council passed an Emergency Ordinance
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that provides for an expedited process for those homes or properties damaged in the flood to get
immediate, or I should say, an exemption from having to go through the permitting process on
the onset in trying to repair or reconstruct their damaged homes. If there are certain things, like
non -conforming structures, if it is a historical structure, if it's in the shoreline setback area,
there's an array of different things, but what's pertinent to this body is that if it is a historical
structure as classified under (HRS) 6E, it cannot get the expedited process. The expedited
process essentially... we have crews in the fields this week. Currently they're in Hanalei in
which homeowners or property owners come to apply for an expedited process; they take the
application, they immediately go to their properties to take photos to ensure that it was a site
damaged by the flood, they send that back to the office and within two ... well we're required by
three but the protocol is by two days, the Planning Department contacts that property owner to
inform them if they have an expedited process approval. If they do, that means they can start
construction and repairs without permits, per se. It's with the understanding that within 30 days
they will ultimately come to the Planning Department, as well as the Building Division, to get
actual permits, but they can start the construction or repair without those permits in play. They
still will be held to Zoning Standards and Building Standards, so they need to have a licensed
contractor doing that, of course, to ensure that the building safety is still there. But it's a way
just to expedite them through the permitting process. But if it is under, again, (HRS) 6E, and is
recognized as historical, there is no way around. They essentially have to come through the
permitting process.
Ms. Schneider: So this is like the OEP thing that we did after (Hurricane) `Iniki.
Mr. Hull: To a certain degree. At the same time, after OEP was done after Hurricane `Iniki,
there were a fair amount of waivers. There's still some standards, like if you're in the floodways
or if you're near coastal areas that has the inundation zone that is prone to waters damaging or
encroaching on structures, you can't rebuild those structures; you have to meet the new
standards. So I don't want to say it's exactly like the OEP process because the OEP process after
(Hurricane) `Iniki just let everybody rebuild exactly what they had before.
Ms. Schneider: What was existing.
Mr. Hull: And with this Emergency Ordinance, (there's) recognition to say there was a
monumental flood that affected homes and we should not necessarily be letting them build
exactly where they were should we experience this flooding activity again. Any other questions
on the emergency permitting process or what the Department has been doing post -flood? Okay,
I just need a motion to receive.
Ms. Schneider: I make a motion (that) we receive the information.
Ms. Arinaga: I second it.
Chair Guerber: All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote) Motion carried 5:0.
Mr. Hull: The next agenda item is Agenda Item I., New Business.
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NEW BUSINESS
2. Malama Hule`ia — `Alekoko "Menehune" Fishpond
TMK: 3-2-001-001, Lihu`e, Kauai
Proposed conservation project for removal of invasive mangrove in the historic
fishpond.
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
Chair Guerber: I must recognize that Mr. Chaffin has arrived.
Mr. Hull: So noted. Thank you, Chair.
Historic Planner Alex Wong: Aloha mai kakou. Alex Wong for the record.
Mr. Wong read the Director's Report dated April 19, 2018, for the record. (Document on file)
Chair Guerber: Do I have any discussion? Any questions? Would the applicant like to come
forward?
Executive Director of Hui Malama Hule`ia Sara Bowen: Sara Bowen, for the record, Malama
Hule`ia. I did put together a little PowerPoint presentation for you folks. I really wasn't exactly
sure of what to expect or how to prepare for this, so I put some images and just a little bit of who
we are and what we're doing. Are you interested in that? The report from the Planning
Department was thorough, too. And then, along with me, a few of my board members, and then
also Paleki Flores, who is our Field Operations Manager.
(Start of PowerPoint Presentation) So Malama Hule`ia is a non-profit organization. We've just
recently gone through a strategic planning session and refined our vision and mission. I can go
ahead and read it for you, "Our vision is a free flowing, healthy and productive Hule `ia
ecosystem perpetuating community pride." Our mission, "Malama Hule `ia advocates, educates
and leads community efforts to remove red mangrove along the Hule `ia river, re-establishes
native wetland ecosystems and creates an environmental stewardship program honoring
Hawaiian values."
We had a demonstration project starting back in 2012. Our organization was formed by a group
of canoe paddlers from Kaiola Canoe Club. They formed together with some folks from the
Nawiliwili Bay Watershed Council and came up with a plan to work with the community to
remove the mangrove right there at Niumalu Beach Park. They were successful in getting a
couple of different grants from the Hawaii Community Foundation and NOAA (National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) Funds for Community Restoration. Those areas that I
have highlighted on that Google map there show the areas of mangrove that have been removed;
that's reaching nearly four acres now. This is a picture from the bridge that crosses Puali Stream
just as you're approaching Niumalu Beach Park. The first picture shows the thick mangrove and
then the second picture shows the mangrove removed. If the picture was blown up, you would
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see that was impart progress; the wetland area there has been restored even more so now with a
lot of native vegetation.
That's a list of Board of Directors. We have a really strong group of community advocates and
leaders working with us. I think that's why we've had a lot of success up-to—date, and goes to
show that we will be able to be successful up into the future. This is the staff and me, the
Executive Director, (and) Paleki, our Community Development and Field Operations Manager.
We're really lucky to have Paleki. He just recently came home to Kauai (after) having been on
Oahu for the last nine or so years working at He`eia Fishpond as their lead mangrove removal
and fishpond restoration person, and so he has a lot of hands-on experience that we're really
grateful for.
The property is owned by Okada Trucking Company. According to an archeological report that I
recently got my hands on, (it) shows that Paul P. Kanoa purchased the lands in Hule`ia Valley in
1883, at which time it was mostly Chinese rice farmers in the valley. And then the Kanoa Estate
owned that property, where the Fishpond is, until Okada Trucking Company bought it sometime
in the 1980s. I haven't actually figured out exactly when that purchase was in the records; I
know it's somewhere in all the records. But that's one thing that's been interesting, is we try to
kind of recreate the history of the place. You know, part of what we think is important is
working with the community because a lot of the work that we're going to be doing is going to
be relying on volunteers, like at our demonstration site. We want to make sure that we have a
reciprocal relationship; that we're not just taking work, but that we're also giving back in terms
of telling the story, and connecting the people with the place and the history of the place. So
here's a couple of pictures. The photo on the left is from 1900 and then the photo on the right is
a drone shot that we took in 2017. So you can see just how much of the river has been overtaken
with mangrove and that the Fishpond has closed in significantly.
The next few slides are pictures that I just grabbed, kind of, screenshots, so they are not the best
quality but they came from that archeological report that I mentioned. So this is the early 1890s.
You can see in the lower portion of the Fishpond wall that there was a break in the wall. Then
here it is (in) that 1900 photo again, where you can tell that it's in full operation. This is, again, a
1900 photo view of the watershed. You can see along that coastline is now where the Niumalu
Beach Park is, where it was a white sandy beach at one point in time. It's interesting. I don't
know if you guys have been to Niumalu Beach Park in the last couple of years, but we have kind
of made the pavilion in there a little bit of a community learning hub where we bring groups,
educational groups and volunteers to show historic photos. So there's a mural of historic photos
up on the outside of the pavilion and then there's also a mosaic mural of the moon phases, which
is pretty interesting for us to be able to talk about with groups. Then this picture is showing two
different views; the 1969 one was documented as that. The other one, down on the right-hand
side, I grabbed from the internet and it didn't have a date, but just looking at the photo and the
car in the photo, that's looking from the outlook, and I think it's sometime in the 1970s.
Unknown speaker: There's a car...
Ms. Bowen: Yes, it's hard to see, but if you look at that picture, there's a person leaning up
against the car on the bottom right-hand side of that bottom photo. It's not the greatest lighting
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for this. Now this is getting into our proposed project here and the overview shows the yellow
line is the mangrove removal area; its 26 acres of mangrove to be removed. The red line area
shows where we've identified hand -cutting and hand -clearing due to archeological sensitivity. If
you look at that photo in comparison with this one, you can see where the Fishpond areas were
probably in production. We think that it's important to preserve those areas, so we're going to
be hand -clearing there. Then in the blue line and off to the right is the stock pile area.
Project description is removal of 26 acres of mangrove surrounding `Alekoko Fishpond using a
combination of hand -removal and mechanized mangrove removal techniques, (and) replanting
with native wetland vegetation and stabilizing and repairing the rock wall as needed. The work
plan information is hand -cutting along the wall and any other archeologically -sensitive areas
discovered using skilled volunteers and then hauling biomass to the stock pile area. The
mechanical mangrove removal area that would be (with) machines, like an excavator, with a long
reach boom with a cutting device at the end that would cut at the root level. So we won't be
doing ground disturbance; we'll be cutting and then grabbing that material and taking it to the
stock pile area. And then once our stock pile has reached 350 tons, the Kauai Green Energy
(sic) folks have agreed to come and haul the material to use as a fuel source for generating
electricity. Then the proposed project area development — we will be bringing in a porta
(portable) potty or two, or maybe even additional ones if we're expecting to have large groups of
volunteers at any particular time, but those would be, you know, we'll kind of scale that based on
need. The plant nursery area is really just going to be potting tables. Showers will be tied into
the existing shacks and the shacks are shown down on the right, the side image there. Drying
racks and then a portable storage container like a Matson or other trailer type container that can
be moved off site when everything's wrapped up. Here's kind of our hand drawn plan. The
arrows are showing where the existing shacks are, and then the planting potting tables will be
kind of lying around the back side, (and) showers will be along the back side. Over to the left
area — this is where we were thinking of putting the porta (portable) potties, they'll be (in the)
shaded area. Then towards the lower part of that drawing is the back portion of the property and
that's where we would put the storage container, and an easy -up tent for when we're hosting
groups for them to be able to be in a shaded area, have lunch, and discuss the project.
This is kind of a long, wordy slide talking about the permits. So I am not sure if you guys are
familiar but there was, in the last several years, the IIo`ala Loko I`a Permit, which is otherwise
known as the Loko I`a Streamline Permit. What it is, is a Programmatic Environmental
Assessment and the passing of Act 230 where all of the regulatory agencies within the State have
signed off on this Programmatic Assessment. So when we did our permit, we were able to do
one permit to the OCCL (Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands) Office within the DLNR
(Department of Land and Natural Resources) and they circulate our permit to receive comments,
and each of the agencies have a 30-day period to respond; in your packets is that permit. So
we've received the permit and then the agencies' comments are also attached to that. Excluded
from that permit process is the Army Corp (of Engineers); their regulatory process is separate,
and it has been determined by Army Corp (of Engineers) that our project does not need a permit.
And then with the acceptance of Federal funding, we're now in the process of finalizing the
regulatory components under ESA (Endangered Species Act) Section 7 and 106. These are all
being done in-house by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since we're receiving grant funding from
them. Then the other permit that we're in the process of is the SMA (Special Management Area)
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Permit. The hand -cutting and clearing portion of our project has been exempt, but the section of
the project that is using machinery is going through the SMA Minor Permit process.
As far as spending goes, we've had ... for this project specifically, not including our previous
demonstration project work, we've had a couple of grants. (One) from the County of Kauai,
Office of Economic Development to assist in doing on -the -ground assessment and planning for
the project and also for the Archaeological Preclearing Survey and Strategy Plan. And (second),
we have successfully been awarded a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Coastal Wetlands
Restoration Grant in the amount of almost one million dollars.
That's what we got for you. Do you have any questions or comments?
Mr. Chaffin: I have a question on the removal of the mangrove. If you just cut it at the base, the
roots will still be viable, you have to dig it out.
Ms. Bowen: We found through our demonstration project that if we cut them low enough so that
the tidal influence -- which is where they grow, is where the tide comes in and out — they don't
grow back. The roots will stay in place and decay overtime.
Mr. Chaffin: Because of the tidal water?
Ms. Bowen: I believe so. These guys actually have more experience having done the cutting.
came on board when they were all finished with all the hard work.
Ms. Arinaga: Piggybacking on his question, have they researched that this is what's going to
happen to the roots?
Ms. Bowen: Yes.
Ms. Arinaga: If it's only cut down...
Ms. Bowen: Yes. Again, having done our demonstration project, we're ... let's see ... about five,
six years into it, so we can see onsite for ourselves but there has also been research. I didn't
mention that prior to doing this specific project planning. The organization did an action plan
(and) it consulted with Sea Grant. Sea Grant went and did research for all of the various
mangrove removal techniques and projects and kind of came up with different methodologies,
and what to expect on the price per acre kind of research.
Chair Guerber: So in summary, it's been five years since the demonstration project shows that
the mangrove will not grow back from the roots.
Ms. Bowen: Now, from the roots, that's another thing. From the roots, it will not grow back but
what does happen is the propagules, the seedlings from all the other mangrove trees around, they
will come in and stick themselves in the mud. So as part of our agreement with U.S. Fish and
Wildlife to get the grant funding, is to do a long-term monitoring and maintenance, and that's
where we're going to be recruiting volunteers continuously for, you know, ages to come. We've
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agreed to, like, 20 years. That also is what we were able to use to get an agreement with the
landowners, Okada Trucking Company. We have a 20-year lease agreement with them so that
we can continue to do the work of the monitoring and maintenance. So that's going to be
surveying and pulling the seedlings as they are found, as well as other weeds; we don't want to
allow any other invasive (plants) to come in.
Chair Guerber: Do you have any idea of how long those seeds are viable after they are sitting
around?
Ms. Bowen: Well, they really thrive well here. Once they fall, they pretty much (are) ready to
grow. So one thing that's lucky about this project area is that we have the kind of separation
from the rest of the river system with the rock wall. So you know it will be a little bit easier to
manage and maintain that site than it would be if we were doing a project right along the river
bank. And so you know in the future, our goal is to remove all of the mangrove from the Hule'ia
River Watershed, and that will probably be a grander scale project after `Alekoko (Fishpond).
Then we look to go to the National Wildlife Refuge, which is just upstream, and then in that
case, do a large-scale project all along the corridors of the river so that we can get it all out and
not have the seed source continuing to reseed the area.
Chair Guerber: So once parent plants are gone, not throwing off seeds anymore, it'll be far
easier to maintain.
Ms. Bowen: Yes.
Chair Guerber: I had a question about the shear; the long stick excavator with the shear at the
end.
Ms. Bowen: Yes.
Chair Guerber: This is the thing that has two sections that holds the trees and then cuts it on the
bottom and then pulls it out and puts it on a pile, right?
Ms. Bowen: Yes, that's the one that we're looking at.
Chair Guerber: How long is the long stick?
Ms. Bowen: It's a 40-foot stick. That's what Earthworks Pacific has available on island.
Chair Guerber: Is it long enough?
Ms. Bowen: I think so, yes, because the area that we'll be working in we'll be able to maximize.
Part of it will be trying to work within the low tide times and that sort of thing, and so there may
be times when we have to have a crew on the ground physically out there cutting or hauling, too.
But I think for the most part, the 40-foot boom will do the work.
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Chair Guerber: Okay. We're pretty narrow on this. Our thing is we just want to make sure that
anything that's archeological won't be disturbed. That's pretty much it and if it's found, we need
it to be reported as soon as possible.
Ms. Bowen: Yes. So we have done our archeological preclearing survey, then we plan to ... well,
for one, Paleki has a great eye for cultural artifacts and that sort of thing, so he'll be on site all
the time, and then we will also be having an archeologist come on site occasionally to check the
work we're doing, and if anything's found, it will be reported immediately. And avoided, of
course.
Chair Guerber: More discussion?
Mr. Ida: The hand -cutting and clearing — that's all going to be done by volunteers?
Ms. Bowen: That's the goal. I mean, I have a feeling ... no, actually that's not true. Six of
eleven acres is identified for volunteers because we needed that much to come up with our match
for the Federal Grant, for one. And for two, you know, it works out with the budget and then it
also gives us enough work for community involvement; to keep the community excited and
involved. But the bid that I have from Earthworks Pacific includes... they have it separated into
mechanized and then ground work. I think their crew would also be doing chainsaw and hauling.
Mr. Ida: Where are you in the 106 process?
Ms. Bowen: We're just about finished with the 106 process and that's being done through the
(U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service Office. They're taking care of the federal side of the permitting
because they're able to do that in-house.
Mr. Ida: Okay.
Mr. Hull: Quick procedural question, Chair. Sarah, if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife is doing your
Section 106 process, are they going to be using this as the consultation with local parties or will
they be doing it separately?
Ms. Bowen: Honestly, I'm not sure what the answer is for that. I think they would probably
include this but they may also look for additional comments. I know that they'll use our
archeological inventory report as documentation.
Mr. Hull: Okay.
Chair Guerber: Okay, can I have a motion to do something here?
Ms. Schneider: I make a motion we accept staff s recommendations in support of the project.
Ms. Arinaga: Second.
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Chair Guerber: I have a motion and a second. Discussion on the motion? (Hearing none) All in
favor say aye. (Unanimous voice vote) Opposed? (Hearing none) It's unanimous. Motion
carried 6:0.
Ms. Bowen: Mahalo.
3. Kilohana Plantation (Wilcox Homestead)
TMK: 3-4-005-001, LYhu`e, Kauai
Proposed construction of a living room lanai.
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
Historic Planner Alex Wong: Aloha, Alex Wong here, again, for the record. Just so you know,
right in front of my Director's Report in the agenda packet is the plans for this project and you
should be able to pull it out. It's a tabloid size; yes, tabloid size.
Mr. Wong read the Director's Report dated June 21, 2018, for the record. (Document on file)
Mr. Wong: And as a final note, I'd like to also add to the record that I visited the property today
and met with Mr. Fred Atkins. He did show me the location of the proposed project and he is
actually here today to answer any questions and also give more details about the project. I'm
also able to answer any questions based on my meeting with him today. Mahalo.
Fred Atkins: My name is Fred Atkins. I am the General Partner for Kauai Kilohana Partners
and before I get started on the actual application... how many of you Commissioners have been
up to Kilohana or Gaylord's (Restaurant) in the last seven, eight years? Pretty much everyone,
okay. Do you want any history about how we came to take-over from the Wilcox family or you
just want to get to the meat of it? Okay, alright, well.
Mr. Chaffin: Can you conclude by the end of the day?
Mr. Atkins: Can I what?
Mr. Chaffin: Can you conclude?
Mr. Atkins: Yes, let me get right to the meat of it. I wrote the Commissioner, Chairperson...
Ms. Schneider: We have a copy of it.
Mr. Atkins: Yes, about the financial thing. That's the real reason we've decided that we really
need to bring in additional income to support this, not just the main home, but we're responsible
for the entire 36 acres, 5 homes, 2 guest cottages and a 16,000-square foot English manor home.
It's a triple net lease. We have all expenses from taxes to restoration, everything, and the
restaurant doesn't make enough money to contribute to any of that.
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When we took it over, it was leased to a company (called) W.C. Developers up until about seven
to eight years ago and we took it over. We've made some changes to try to stop the
hemorrhaging, actually. We put a bar in the living room (that) added income, we put a gazebo
that kind of made the courtyard (a) very usable space and it helped a lot financially, but we felt
by adding onto the living room, as an extension with the patio, we could be much more versatile.
Last night's a very typical example. We were the site for their monthly Chamber (of Commerce)
meeting. They use different restaurants around the island and they thought they were going to
have about 120-150 people and so we needed to close our restaurant to the public in order to
accommodate it. They've been asking us for (a) couple years to host this party. If we would
have had the lanai, we could've been able to function as Gaylord's Restaurant and not have to
close it down, and also do these types of things that you need to do when you're part of the
community or part of the business community.
So this is not something we just kind of went (into a) quick process. We've been spending about
two years analyzing what can we do? How big should it be? How would it fit in with the rest of
the home? And so the gentleman that did the gazebo, Tim Bradley, is the one that we chose to
do the architecture of the lanai. And I think these pictures are a little larger than the pictures I
showed you. (I) can show you our reasoning where we placed it, how we placed it and I can start
out...
Ms. Schneider: So do you have pictures showing the addition on the building?
Deputy County Attorney Jodi Higuchi-Sayeg isa: Sorry, could you talk into the mic
(microphone) for recording purposes? Thanks.
Mr. Atkins: So when you're driving into the property, this is basically what you see as you come
through the old stone pillars and the addition in question would be right to this side of it.
Ms. Schneider: You didn't bring a drawing showing the addition?
Mr. Atkins: Yes, you have it in those plans, you have...
Ms. Schneider: Right, but it only shows it sort of bumped up. It doesn't show the rest of the
existing building.
Mr. Atkins: Okay, but I do have pictures of where it's going to go.
Ms. Schneider: Yes, but we'd like to see it in the illustration.
Mr. Atkins: Well, it shows an illustration on the front page; you'll see a small illustration of it.
Ms. Schneider: Right, but it doesn't show where it's attached. It doesn't...
Mr. Atkins: Well, actually, it doesn't even do a good job of doing that. It shows you the style
but it doesn't show you the location.
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Chair Guerber: Its how the whole thing will look at the end. That's what Anne's getting to.
Ms. Schneider: Right, I mean you show us an elevation, but it only shows us the elevation of the
addition.
Mr. Atkins: It shows the elevation, right, and on the plan, if you're digging, there's a side view
to show you exactly how it looks when you look at the side.
Ms. Schneider: Right, the side view but not the front elevation where this is (inaudible).
Mr. Atkins: That's true.
Ms. Schneider: I'd like to see that before we make a decision.
Mr. Atkins: So you want me to stop now or you want me to do...
Ms. Schneider: No, just...
Mr. Atkins: Okay. This peak right here, that's where the peak of the lanai (is) because it
matches that peak exactly, okay. If you look at ... this is more of a side view, okay, when you
look at the illustration on the front page that would place the building way up here.
Ms. Schneider: Why did you not have your architect do a rendering to show how it would look?
Mr. Atkins: You know it's a good question and I would have to ask the architect. You know we
brought these plans (and) they've been through the entire County. Every department has OK'd
it, except Planning, so far. So no one's asked us that. I think if they would've - since you've
asked us that, we can do that for you.
Ms. Schneider: It would definitely be more illustrative of how the mansion is going to look,
particularly like you say he's done a lovely job on the rendition of the addition. But not being
able to see how it's going to match with the rest of the building is very hard to...
Mr. Atkins: Okay.
Chair Guerber: Fred, is the new addition the same size as the peak there or larger?
Mr. Atkins: No, it's a 28 by 47; that's the dimensions shown on the ... okay. So what that gives
us is the ability to do is to have parties up to about 50 people. One of our challenges is we have a
private dining room that holds about 30; we get a lot of, you know, whether its mainland or local
families and they want to do 50 people or so. Then we have to give half the restaurant, you
know, to the party and normally with parties there's more drinking going on. Then there is
somebody just taking, you know, their own family or the two of them out to dinner and it really
kind of affects the ambience of the dining inside the courtyard. So what we were trying to do is
separate that and not have to turn that business away, okay.
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So anyway, these trees right here, the location would be behind that so when you drive in, you
will see part of it, and you'll see that when we do a rendering for you. But it's really placed
behind it, so you don't see much of it when you drive in. As far as aesthetics, it's very similar to
the gazebo; that's why I asked if you had been there before and saw the gazebo. We matched the
stone for the columns and we did the English Tudor hip on it and the same front, so again, like
on that front picture, it's got the exact same V. So when you look at it ... the picture, I don't
think, does the house real justice with the rest of the architecture in the area that we're going to
put the...if you look at these other pictures, you got beautiful roof hips. This is a flat, almost like
a flat roof...
Chair Guerber: And you're coming off to the side there.
Mr. Atkins: I am coming off the side, looking into the side. This is the lanai, this is the living
room, and they have two alcoves which are brick and that would be the way you get to the lanai.
So (it) would flow right from the living room. Nothing's in proportion. If you look at the
chimney compared to the size of that wall, that was built to get over this area, okay. So our hip,
when you're looking from the side long, looking into the main house, I think it will really
enhance it because it will be in perspective to the chimney, okay. Now, what you're asking for is
a view of the site.
Ms. Schneider: Yes
Mr. Atkins: Okay.
Ms. Schneider: And a view of the mansion as it goes along.
Mr. Atkins: The what?
Ms. Schneider: Of the mansion and the whole...
Chair Guerber: The whole thing.
Mr. Atkins: Okay. So this is just a view if you were looking into the living room, looking out.
That's one of the alcoves, and you know the fireplace is in the middle and the other one is down
by wherever you put the bar so that kind of shows you the area.
So I wasn't sure if we were going to even need to come before your Committee (sic) because we
built it (and) we had 20 more years left. We've been there 31 years. We started with 25 years,
then we got 10 years after the Hurricane `Iniki, and we got more years when we built the train.
We added on the 67 acres, so I don't know if it's going to be in 20 years but if it is, the only
thing you need to remove would be the gutters (because) it's freestanding. You can separate,
tear it down, and (it) wouldn't hurt the fabric at all in any way, shape, or form.
Now today, you know, he mentioned he came up — Alex. He commented on the two alcoves;
they're brick and that's why I brought down the extra pictures today. You can see that the
wrought iron has pushed the brick, and those pictures don't make it look as bad as it really is but
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the brick has come off, and some of them are eaten away to where they're in really bad shape.
So in our plan, he asked are you taking that out and (I said) yes, we would take the front part out
in order to get from the living room to the lanai, okay. He recommended that I state that on the
record and that we would take those pieces and put them up in the attic because if you ever
decided that its going to not be a commercial venture and its going to go back to being a home or
museum, a real museum like Grove Farm Homestead (sic), then they would have the exact ... you
know, they would have it right there. When we renovated the kitchen, in order to make it a
kitchen that was commercial, it had a lot of beautiful glass cabinets and everything all of those
are stored upstairs. They've been stored there for 31 years now, just in case because we thought
we had a 25-year lease. Its coming out now to about 50 years. So we could do that.
Chair Guerber: Are these historical?
Mr. Atkins: What's that?
Chair Guerber: Is the railing or the brick, or is that...
Mr. Atkins: The brick is going to remain. It's just that one railing that's basically corroded
beyond repair, but we have the original blue prints, too, and it shows all the details. So when we
did the gazebo on the back side of the courtyard, we tried to match the same look with the
railing. That's why I asked if you've been there because it looks very similar with the brick
because the first story is all brick, and it will be brick, and then have the tapered columns, okay.
We went with the flat ceiling to mimic the ceiling that's in the living room now so you don't get
that feeling when you're walking in, it's not an open beam, it would probably be perceived as
more modern. And then there are stairs that go out to the patio because we have a beautiful lawn
over there and we can do small receptions, again, away from the restaurant itself. They can
move up to the deck for, you know, the dining or cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, whatever.
So we're just going to catch-22, you know there's two types of ways to preserve historic homes
and there's two of them owned by the Wilcox family. One is Grove Farm Homestead (sic) and
that was put into a ... I guess it was a 401 C (401 C3) or whatever it is, a nonprofit, and they
endowed it, where the endowment would take care, because they have similar ... like us, they
have the main home and they have all those separate cottages that they still own and they
maintain them. A lot of workers, you know, still live there; some of them for generations, for
generations and generations. So they're able to restore and if you walk into Grove Farm (Sugar
Plantation Museum), it's a pure museum; I mean it's nothing ... when she passed away, the next
day nothing moved, right up to the cigarettes that are on her desk, and they're fortunate to have
that.
In order to restore and continue to do this home, it all comes from bottom line profit of any of the
activities that we have there, and it's grown up over the years. You know, we started out with a
horse and carriage, shops and a restaurant. Now we have a large luau, we have a train, we have a
cultural park, we have a company store rum tasting, and they do generate revenue. Right now
things are good; things have been good for five, six years.
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The restaurant ran into a lot of competition seven, eight, nine years ago when (The Shops at)
Kukui`ula opened up. They got five restaurants just like ours. You don't need to leave Po`ipu,
don't have to worry about drinking and driving, and its five minutes away. The restaurant has
been (inaudible), you know, instead of making money, it's been losing money. If we could get
that, you know, at least to break even and hopefully make some money, it would go a long way
to try to continually keep it restored. When we took it over in 1985, that home hadn't been lived
in (for) eight or nine years; it was falling apart. On the front lawn, horses were grazing and I
looked at that project in 1980, and that was after `Hale Opio (Kaua`i Inc.) had been there, and it
was really beat up. I went back in 1985 because Kauai Surf (Hotel) was sold to Chris
Hemmeter and I was Resident Manager. I had a choice of staying there, you know, or staying on
island because I would have to leave, (but) because my son was 11 months old, I stayed. But the
home was ... (Hurricane) `Iniki... they put on a new roof and they put all new drywall, so it was
something that I said okay, this is feasible. But if you look at my first picture that was done right
after (Hurricane) `Iniki, that roof was beautiful, right, and thank God for insurance money. Its 25
years later...
Chair Guerber: You've done a wonderful job and I understand that restaurants... the more seats
you have, the better you're going to do. Where the seating is, I think the seating off the living
room is a wonderful way to add more seating for yourself, for the restaurant. I think the only
place that Alex's report and you differ is the separation difference from the main house. It's
historical and this addition, which is not historical even though it looks close, it's really not
historical piece of architecture. And he's asking for 10 feet separation and you're showing
almost zero.
Mr. Atkins: No, we show 8.6 (feet).
Chair Guerber: So it's two more feet.
Mr. Atkins: Right, but there's two ways of looking at it. One, you want it to look like it's never
been there before, or do you want it to look like its always been there as much as you can and not
interfere with the fabric. So it can always be moved away and you're not hurting the fabric of
the property.
Chair Guerber: What I see here, looking at it, it looks like there's one gutter separating it.
Ms. Schneider: Yes, that's all.
Mr. Atkins: No, it's a gutter that connects because you can't ... you see, when you walk out of
the living room, you can't have water falling on people.
Chair Guerber: No.
Mr. Atkins: So there's got to be a gutter that connects it, so that water ... you know, we didn't do
a total attach, which would have probably been easier from this drainage.
Chair Guerber: But it wouldn't have been aesthetically pleasing.
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Mr. Atkins: I don't think it would have been and you could never separate it down the road
without tearing the side of the roof off.
Chair Guerber: Right, right.
Mr. Atkins: So to us, from a historical perception, I was out, okay, we weren't going to do that.
Chair Guerber: You're not going to touch the main building, you're going to add...
Mr. Atkins: Except for the gutter. The things that we're doing to the building are ... the gutter
can be unscrewed. The wrought iron that Alex pointed out today would need to be put back and
it can be put back; in fact, it needs to come off anyway because it's at the point where it has
become a liability. So those are two things and the rest of it you know ... well, 10 feet away,
that's a code, unless they went and tried to get a variance. The biggest challenge here for me
honestly is, it's the Environmental Assessment (EA), okay. I was afraid. I was told that it would
cost around $70,000.00 and take about 9 months. Well, we can't afford $70,000.00, okay.
We...
Chair Guerber: What would trigger an Environmental Assessment?
Mr. Hull: Just for clarification — so myself and Alex sat down with Mr. Atkins yesterday and we
went over some of what Alex has ... his concerns with potential impacts to the historical integrity
given the proposal, and the sizing, and the massing. As Mr. Atkins pointed out the way the plans
would show, it wouldn't have the same effect as actually where they wanted to put it on the
ground, which is why Alex went out there to kind of look and see where the size and structure
would be. As explained to Mr. Atkins, Alex's report alludes to it as well, is that above and
beyond the discussion of the context of the structure and its potential impacts on the integrity of
this site under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 343 and that's the also famous Environmental
Assessment or Environmental Review Law, which, among other things, was brought to light by
the Superferry, there are a series of triggers that require Environmental Assessments. One of
those triggers is the use of a site that is on the National or State Register of Historic Places. So
we're explaining to Mr. Atkins — if you're connecting, even just with a gutter to the site that is on
the State Register, there's no question that that triggers an EA. An EA can be costly; it can range
from $35,000.00 to $70,000.00 and take several months to go through. But it (inaudible) another
question here, can I give you an exemption. There are some agencies that have an exemption list
which this might qualify under. The Planning Department is not one of those agencies. We
don't have an exemption list, so it just clearly states once you enter into that site, you've got to
do that Environmental Assessment. I think what Mr. Atkins has done in the past and continues
to do today at Kilohana is a testament to having the public, having the residents, and transients
alike experience history and contextually feel it as they enter his premises, which is a wonderful
thing and is a way to celebrate our historical environment. But there's just no way around this
issue of the 343, so I think that's something he's wrestling with as well right now.
Ms. Schneider: And would you be willing to come back with an elevation that actually shows
the existing building and the new building?
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Mr. Atkins: Yes, I said that right at the beginning. I have no problem. You know, we submitted
these as building drawings. I didn't know we were going to need to go ... when I was told we
needed to do this, I said fine. So I am here to learn what you guys say but also for you guys to
understand where we're at.
When we got in this process, I hired Boone Morrison to be the architect because he's the
historical architect. When (Hurricane) `Iniki hit, that's when I hired him the first time to bring
the house back and bring it back the way it should be, you know, and he did and he did a great
job. He also helped me with the train project and couple other things that we had. And he asked
me, do you want to go on the State Historic Register (sic) and do you want to go on the National
(Register of Historic Places)? I have it in here. We applied for both. But when I saw the criteria
for the National (Register of Historic Places), it really tied our hands so much (of) what we could
do from a commercial venture and not from a Grove Farm Homestead (sic). I said no, we can't
go that route, but I don't mind doing the State Historical (sic) because I'm totally about that, you
know. I love preserving stuff.
I don't know, (but) do you guys know where Iliahi is? The plantation manager's home on top of
the hill? Well, I went up there and it hadn't been lived in for 10 years; it looked like a deja vu,
maybe more. Steve Case — when he bought the land, he drove up, (and said) this is a dump, you
can tear it down. I went, "really?" So I went to Grove Farm (Company, Inc.), I said look, (if)
you let me live there and you give me the money, I'll help restore and bring it back to life. I
lived there for seven years and it (was) really gratifying for me because when I left, they put a lot
of money into it and its going to be there forever. It's something I like to do.
But I am really wrestling with the fact that, you know ... I'm responsible for 160 people's pay
check every two weeks, okay. I spell that out to you. We've never had anyone not hold up their
check because we didn't (have funds to cover) but there's always the responsibility there. Eight
days ago, our insurance company said you know what, your workers comp (compensation
insurance) is going from $60,000.00 this year to $130,000.00. It went up 105% because we had
two people file pretty large workers comp (claims) and one was totally bogus but we had no say
in it. They paid $150,000.00 and now they jacked (it up). So when you get things like that and
all of a sudden (its), wait a minute, Environmental statement (sic) for 1,200 square feet of dirt?
No. I am not going to do it, you know. I am just not going to do it. I'll just get off the State
Register.
Chair Guerber: No, all it means is we can't have one unit touch another.
Mr. Atkins: That's what I'm saying. So when it gets that technical and it's going to cost, you
know, and then you got to be 10 feet away ... and I got this. It's to the point where, you know, I
can't. I can't get any grants. I get nothing out of it for being on the State Register. I asked them
plainly, well if I just take myself off the State Register, then I can attach the home? I can comply
and I can go on my merry way and when we're done, I haven't done anything. You can take it
off, I'm still going to ... and I'll put it on record right now — if I get off the (Hawai`i) Register (of
Historic Places), I will still do everything that this Historical Commission (sic) would like me to
do, except screwing in, you know, a gutter in-between. Because if I do that, then I have no 10-
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foot setback. I'm still 8.6, okay, because its wall-to-wall, it's not roof -to -roof, and that's where
I'm getting my 8.6.
So I don't know which way to go. You know, I am looking for your input. I'm here today. I
listened to one of the Commissioners' suggestions. If I come back and go this route with the
Historical (sic), you know, be on the State Historic Register (sic), then I'd be more than happy to
follow any rule I have to. I'm not going to make a decision whether it's financially feasible to
just continue to do this or try to figure out another way to raise the money.
You know, one of the things that I was told to do from (the late Kauai Mayor) Tony Kunimura
when I asked for his help to get the Special Use (Permit), he said Fred, across the street in 25
years its going to be all commercial, no more sugar cane; and there was sugar cane from across
the street down to Nawiliwili. I said you're kidding and he said no, I'll show you all the plans;
it's all zoned Commercial. He said so what I want for my help from you, I want you to keep that
seven acres green because (that will be) the only green belt on this side of the road until you
leave the school. And so far, I've done a pretty good job.
Chair Guerber: Sure, you've done a good job.
Mr. Atkins: I respect the Commission. I think the Planning Department — they worked with me
for 31 years, I don't have one complaint, you know. Sometimes we can agree to disagree but
they, like yesterday, they were just so nice to me to try and understand, you know, why. Why?
Just from a commercial stance, why? Why is it so hard? But they did and Alex took the time to
come out today and walk through because I wanted to show him. And he had asked me to show
you the railings and the square footage, okay. I will get you a rendering. Either way, if I decide
to go off, I'll get you a rendering anyway, okay.
Ms. Schneider: Well if you come back to the next meeting with a picture, we might be able to
make a decision.
Mr. Atkins: No, I understand and that's fine. I think I need to make a decision before I come
back on whether I am going to stay on the State Historical (sic) or not; and that's not a decision
for me, that's a request from me to Gaylord. He still owns the property; it's in a family trust.
He'll talk to his family, his daughters that are in the trust, and they'll say yes, either take it off, or
we don't want it taken off, right. I'm just the landlord.
Ms. Schneider: I am sure Gaylord will keep it on.
Chair Guerber: I really want to tell you that we're here to help you. We're not here to tell you,
you can't do this. We're trying to figure it out together.
Mr. Atkins: And I am trying. To me, I appreciate you listening because I learn from it. I don't
have really any other testimony, you know, that's kind of where we are right now and I'll answer
any more questions.
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Mr. Hull: In listening to the testimony — and (I am) just kind of thinking out loud and then (I)
came across a thought when we were meeting with Mr. Atkins yesterday — ultimately, as a
Certified Local Government, as the Planning Department, as the Kauai Historic Preservation
Review Commission, we wouldn't want any property owner to remove their site from the State
Register. It wouldn't be advantageous to the purpose of this body, but at the end of the day, it's
up to the property owner. The one other route (is) Alex and I can work with SHPD, now (that)
we have David (Buckley) here, perhaps we can use him to reach out to SHPD. The thing is
SHPD as the purveyor of (HRS) 6E and on the State of Hawaii Historic Preservation Law, if
they're able to come out with an assessment themselves to say this would not be considered a use
of historical site and the proposal is not significant, then they'd be able to, perhaps, move
through without the EA process. But that would be — I won't speak for SHPD — that would
behoove them to answer that whether or not it is impactful...
Ms. Schneider: (inaudible)
Mr. Hull: At this point, SHPD has taken the position that they will only comment after this body
comments; to which we are still awaiting comments on everything that this body has commented
on in the past two years.
Mr. Atkins: That gets scary, too, because...
Mr. Hull: But the thing is, Mr. Atkins, you still would have to go through SHPD to remove it off
of the (Hawai`i) Register (of Historic Places) because that would have to go through the process.
I think we can at least help to try initiate and see if they would find the proposal in keeping with
the integrity of the site and may not need an EA. But I can't guarantee that won't happen, but we
can at least try and help to see if that agency might be able to facilitate it.
Chair Guerber: Do I have a recommendation from the Commission? A motion?
Ms. Schneider: Can I make a motion that you to come back next meeting with...
Chair Guerber: A motion to receive?
Mr. Hull: It would just be a motion to defer if on Commissioner Schneider's desire and if there
is a second and majority vote to defer the item; that would be where to go.
Ms. Schneider: I make a motion to receive and defer.
Ms. Arina>?a: I'll second.
Chair Guerber: Discussion first, please.
Mr. Chaffin: I would like to make a comment on the addition in the living room to the bar. I
think that ... I understand that's a financial incentive that makes money, but it certainly removes,
in my mind, the historic value of that living room. You're caught between a rock and a hard
spot; (do) you keep the character or do you add something to make it financially reasonable?
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Mr. Atkins: Are you saying as today or as it used to be because there was never a bar in the
living room.
Mr. Chaffin: No, I know that. I like the living room as it was. I think adding the bar changed
the character of that room immensely.
Mr. Atkins: Absolutely. 100%.
Mr. Chaffin: And I understand that's a financial decision.
Mr. Atkins: Well, it wasn't only financial. For years you could sit in that room and watch
people walk in. They walk in right to the door and they look at the room and they go wow, that's
really beautiful. Sometimes they'll sit down and talk if you got a meeting or something. We put
that bar in there and they enjoy it. This winter — as you know, we had a lot of rain — we had a
fire almost every night and people, social media, they loved it. They loved us grinding the cane,
you know, for our mai tai's and its fun; it came alive. It wasn't just like walking into the living
room at Grove Farm Homestead (sic) (where) you got to take off your shoes. This is ... you
know, yes, you can sit on the seat and you can enjoy yourself and you can feel comfortable. It's
so different than Grove Farm (Sugar Plantation Museum) and I love Grove Farm (Sugar
Plantation Museum). I've gone there many times. It's like walking back in time. But this is a
commercial.
You know, we went in, we didn't try to pull the wool over anyone eyes, we asked for (a) Special
Use Commercial and it had a historic building there. And it's in better condition today than it
was when we took over, even though it needs a roof, which will probably cost $200,000.00. It
needs new oak flooring. We had new oak flooring 25 years ago; termites got in it. It's easier to
replace old floors and that's probably $50,000.00 to $60,000.00. We're doing our part but at
some point the monies got to come in. There's no, you know ... and right now we've been
fortunate we've had six record years; people like it, people don't, but it's been pretty
phenomenal for us.
I call the luau the bank of Gaylord's because without the luau, honestly, we wouldn't have
Gaylord's (Restaurant); it'd be done, it be closed. So we're trying to get to that point
before ... you know, to have it generate up and I'd like to get to that point before the market turns
because many times we thought we should just have beer, two people on the line, two waitresses,
and have beer and hamburger and hotdogs, or whatever. We just... everything's gone up.
Minimum wage, you know, I'm paying $10.00 per hour, $9.50. It's going to be $11.00, $12.00
for a waiter that walks out with $250.00 per night — it's crazy — plus fringes, plus workers comp
(compensation insurance), plus if I get sued. You know, we didn't want to take the risk — let me
put it that way. You know, 25 years and taking a percentage off the top and trying to run a
restaurant when I am 66 years old, it's not a lot of fun.
So anyway, that's not what the Commission probably needs to hear, but that's reality from our
side. I appreciate you for deferring it instead of just saying no, and we'll get you a rendering.
Whatever we do, we'll get you a rendering because you asked for it, and we'll just move on.
Two weeks is (enough) time for me to give it some serious thought, talk to Gaylord, let him talk
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to his children and try to ... if you don't mind, try to work with you guys a little closer and see if
there is anything. Yes, you know, to make the gutter this wide instead of what it should be, you
know, if that's what I got to do and if we decide, you know, maybe that's, you know...
Chair Guerber: Maybe that's the solution.
Mr. Atkins: Maybe that's the solution, you know.
Chair Guerber: I'll stop and talk to you.
Mr. Atkins: Thank you very much.
Ms. Higuchi-Sayegusa: Wait, we still have a motion and a second.
Chair Guerber: Yes.
Ms. Higuchi-Save usa: We did not vote for it.
Chair Guerber: We have not voted yet.
Ms. Higuchi-Sayegusa: Thank you.
Chair Guerber: Shall we vote? All in favor say aye, of the motion, please? (Unanimous voice
vote) Opposed? (Hearing none) It's unanimous. Motion carried 6:0.
Mr. Hull: Motion passes, Chair.
1. Lihu`e Flooring & Drapery (Kaua`i Beer Company)
TMK: 3-6-009-034, L►hu`e, Kauai
Proposed renovation includes construction of ground floor open court with second floor
mezzanine, and demolition of existing fagade.
a. Director's Report pertaining to this matter.
Mr. Hull: Madame Vice Chair, if we could let the record reflect that Chair Guerber has stepped
away from this proceeding and recused himself from this agenda item. Welcome back to the
Chair seat.
Vice Chair Schneider: Mr. Guerber has excused himself.
Mr. Hull: We have a brief staff report compiled by Alex. Alex, if you wouldn't mind giving the
Director's Report.
Historic Planner Alex Wong: Aloha, Alex Wong, again, for the record. Again, photos
pertaining to this Director's Report, they precede the actual report in this packet.
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Mr. Wong read the Director's Report dated June 21, 2018, for the record. (Document on file)
Vice Chair Schneider: Is there anybody here to speak to this application for the applicant?
Architect Andrew Lynch: Hi. I am Andrew Lynch. I'm an architect working for Palms Hawaii
Architecture. I am working on the project and I'm available to answer any questions you might
have.
Vice Chair Schneider: Commissioners, any questions?
Ms. Nakea: Seems kind of straightforward.
Vice Chair Schneider: It does seem very straightforward — your recommendations.
Ms. Nakea: I move that we support this plan and forward to develop the Kauai Beer Company.
Ms. Arinaga: Second.
Vice Chair Schneider: I have a second. Any discussion?
Mr. Chaffin: Call for the question.
Ms. Higuchi-Sayegusa: I am sorry, is there a motion and a second on the floor right now?
Vice Chair Sclmeider: Yes.
Ms. Higuchi-Sayegusa: Okay.
Vice Chair Schneider: No question?
Ms. Higuchi-Sayegusa: If you have any other discussion? If that's what that means.
Vice Chair Schneider: No. All in favor? (Unanimous voice vote) Any objections? (None)
Motion carried 5:0.
Mr. Hull: Motion passes, Madame Chair.
Mr. Lynch: Thank you very much.
Mr. Hull: That is the end of the agendized items, so...
COMMISSION EDUCATION COMMITTEE
KAUA'I HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY UPDATE COMMITTEE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION PUBLICITY COMMITTEE
HANAPEPE BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT COMMITTEE
SELECTION OF NEXT MEETING DATE AND AGENDA TOPICS (July 19, 2018)
ADJOURNMENT
Vice Chair Schneider: And the next meeting is?
Mr. Hull: Next scheduled meeting would be July 19th, which I will not be here, so more than
likely Marie Williams will be clerking the Commission at that time.
Vice Chair Schneider: You going somewhere?
Mr. Hull: I am headed to Japan.
Vice Chair Schneider: Oh, have a great vacation.
Vice Chair Schneider adjourned the meeting at 4:36 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sandra M. Muragin 0�
Commission Support Clerk
( X ) Approved as circulated. 07/19/18
( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of meeting.
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