Rep. Joseph \u201cLee Pan\u201d Guerrero (R-Saipan) plans to bring up the budget concerns of the Commonwealth Zoning Office to the Saipan and Northern Islands Legislative Delegation.<\/p>\n
Guerrero brought up the subject during the public hearing held by the Zoning Office last Dec. 1, when a few of the attendees asked why the hearing was held at the Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School since the proposed building site was in Koblerville.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something new to me and I\u2019m glad that the chairman of the Zoning board mentioned that concern about funding for conducting a public hearing. This is uncalled for, that we cannot even appropriately fund them so that they can conduct a public hearing in the different parts of the island,\u201d said Guerrero. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important that where these projects are going to be built should be [heard] at their respective village, not to conduct a hearing here in the north that relates to a project down at the south. With that, I will definitely reach out to the [delegation] for these types of public hearings in the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Frank Tomokane, a resident of Koblerville, was one of the few who questioned the venue of the hearing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy is [the public hearing] all the way in San Roque when the project is a major development in Koblerville? It doesn\u2019t make sense to me,\u201d said Tomokane, directing his question to the Zoning board.<\/p>\n
Tomokane said during the public comments section that his neighbor was planning to attend the public hearing but was unable to do so due to the distance of the venue.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just kind of curious as to why the public hearing wasn\u2019t held in Koblerville Elementary School or Saipan Southern High School,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Zoning board chair Diego Blanco then explained why the public hearing was held at San Roque.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was actually requested by Rep. Vinson Sablan (Ind-Saipan),\u201d said Blanco, who added that it was also requested by the people of San Roque. \u201cAnd because of that, we decided to spend our money to come here.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand your concern,\u201d said Blanco to Tomokane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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