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SICHTER:Essentially the Landscape Concept Plan is fully in place. And it principally consists of all these plantings. Just for orientation purposes, this is looking from the Pukiawe entrance, the main entrance to the plant right here. Looking in a northern direction, so Queen Kaahumanu Highway would be on the left of the photo. The Reservoir Road, which is the mauka extension of the airport access road would be on the backside of the plant here. And the Palamanui area, the Hiluhilu would be off in the distance up a the top of the photo. The principal ends of the Landscape Concept Plan were to create a berm in order to have more earth along here to support the vegetation that helps screen the plant. It consists of Wiliwili and Palm trees. We have as you are aware problems with the Wiliwili on the Big Island now and the Wiliwili are being jeopardized and they may very well have to be replaced with other planting other trees at the project because theyre not doing well right now. This is a view of the plant from the intersection of the airport access road to, its intersection with Queen Kaahumanu Highway looking mauka and you can see the sum effect of the landscaping that has been introducedoverthelast18monthsorso.Andonefurtherviewisoftheplantfurthersouthalong Queen Kaahumanu Highway with another view of the landscaping thats been put in. We have a number of Norfolk pines that are doing very well. Theyre maturing and those will add a lot of density in vegetation in the gaps between the palm trees. So the overall intention is to have the upper canopy of the palms and then the broad base of the Norfolk pines ascending to a peak of the trees which balances with the palms and gives a relatively uniformed landscape that is intended to obscure as much of the structures as possible. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Springer follow up? SPRINGER:Yeah if Im reading correctly on the right hand side of the illustration on page 357. Among the tall trees I see the Norfolk Island pine, what are the 2 listed above that? Is that manele and kukui? SICHTER:Yes. SPRINGER:And have those been installed? SICHTER:I believe they have. SPRINGER:And are you working with seedlings or larger trees? SICHTER:I believe they were seedlings. LEE:Well not necessarily. I dont know what is a seedling I mean, the kukui trees were planted, they were about 3 feet in height and they expect full growth at maybe about 2 to 3 years. The palm-. SPRINGER:And the manele? LEE:The palm? Im not sure which one is the manele but-. EXHIBIT G 9