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immediately engage in a "pipe and bury" plan in disregard of the sentiments and concerns of the affected local residents; and WHEREAS, the interests of the general public must be served by allowing community participation in determining whether to preserve or destroy an historic site of great significance that will affect their quality of life and watershed ecosystems, especially for those who reside in the immediate affected areas of Kukuihaele and Kapulena; and WHEREAS, section 5.1 of the May 2006 Hamakua Agriculture Plan states the following LHD goals: I. Leverage all opportunities to create maximum use of the Lower Hamakua Ditch System. 2. Maintain and preserve the Lower Hamakua Ditch system. 3. Have the community acknowledge and honor the role the Lower Hamakua Ditch has played in its past as well as in the present and future."; and WHEREAS, the Lower Hamakua Ditch has been designated as an eligible State historic site under Site No. 50-10-7, 89-7513 by the State Department of Land and Natural Resource's Historic Preservation Division; and WHEREAS, Morgan Davis, assistant archeologist with the Historic Preservation Division, inspected the LHD and concluded in her April 22, 2009, memorandum that the LHD is an historic site that is a well-preserved piece of history and is against piping and filling it in; and WHEREAS, section 6.2 of the County of Hawaii General Plan 2005 (as amended), states that one of the goals for historic sites is to "Protect, restore, and enhance the sites, buildings, and objects of significant historical and cultural importance to Hawaii."; and WHEREAS, the Hamakua district is currently in the process of drafting a Community Development Plan, and although that plan has not been completed, residents have stressed the importance of preserving the open -vessel LHD Plan; and WHEREAS, the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), Section 106 (16 U.S.C. 470f) requires accountability for all federally assisted state programs to ensure that the 2