2022-04-21 Leeward Exh D (Item 3&4 Hawaii One1 PL-REZ-2021-014&PL-SMA-2022-012)

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JACKSON: Chair Vitousek, yes, I believe they are meeting, and they do have a quorum. I would just ask for,just kind of asking what you would like them to address, because the project has gone through SHPD review, it's gone through Burial Council review. So typically, we send projects to them that haven't gone through that extensive review or have some unique issue that the County needs assistance resolving. So I'm, I'm just wondering what you would like to achieve from the Burial Coun-the, the CRC. VITOUSEK: The commission? Well, I think the question we had, one of the questions we had that was raised by Commissioner Kanuha, was the level of consultation with descendant members of the community in planning the overall construction of this project, and I think the Cultural Resources Commission could be an appropriate location to have that type of discussion on whether descendant access issues are fully resolved in the burial treatment plan, whether additional descendant access and open space requirements should be proposed that would mitigate the impact of this project on the cultural landscape. Some of the things that were mentioned by the testifiers was the impact on the overall cultural landscape, and SHPD may have site-by-site mitigations for each specific site that was identified in the archaeological inventory, but they may not have considered the effect of the overall project on the landscape and how to design that project in a way that minimizes impacts to the historic landscape. And so giving the Cultural Resources Commission the opportunity to review the overall project with SHPD's recommendations and provide their own recommendations on how a project like this can move forward in an area with the historic significance that it is known to have. JACKSON: Okay, I think that's something we can do. Just going forward, is that something that you would like the Department to do for every project that has like burial sites on it that have gone through Burial Council review or VITOUSEK: I would love that, yeah KANUHA: Yeah, it— JACKSON: tJACKSON: —are you suggesting this for projects where there is an older burial treatment plan that's approved or any burial sites? VITOUSEK: I think that, I think that any major project, which I would consider this to be a pretty major project, having impact on cultural resources, whether there is burial treatment plans, whether there is preservation plans, should be reviewed by the Cultural Resources Commission as a step before coming in here. I think that will be a great thing. I think we have that resource with a tremendously capable people on that commission, and I would love to make use of it. JACKSON: Okay, great, thank you. That's something that we can certainly consider. VITOUSEK: Awesome VAN BERGEN: Can I ask a question, Chairman? VITOUSEK: Sure, yes. 23 EXHIBIT D