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again the cultural context. And although the State Historic Preservation Officer has accepted the report Im looking at the logo for Joseph Kennedys company and it says mea ike hana lima o ke au i hala and I was hoping hed be here so he could translate that for us because Im not sure what it means and Im not sure if I agree with the statement contained there. But without him to be here I cannot ask him about that. GRAHAM:Commissioner Iwashita does that satisfy your question? IWASHITA:I think I have a better understanding of. So the Commission is concerned that or is the Commissioner concerned enough so that you would ask that, eth-, what is it ethno? SPRINGER:Ethnographic. IWASHITA:Ethnographic component or work be done before we take further consideration of this application. GRAHAM:Commissioner Springer? SPRINGER:I guess I would look to the Director to join us in this conversation at this time because clearly the State Historic Preservation Office has accepted this material. They apparently do find it sufficient and have, have submitted correspondence to that effect. Mr. Director does the application stand as it is or could we ask for more information despite the Historic Preservation Office having given their approval? YUEN:I know that often times they do actually ask for backgrounds, historical ethnographic background information along with the archaeological report. I dont know why they didnt in this case. But if, I mean I stand by our recommendation they have approved the site preservation plan. Most, and you see that there, there was some, reading the letters there was some concern about it and because it-. If you look at, probably the best thing to look at is in the archaeological book; theres figure 4 site location map. You notice that practically the whole frontage of Alii Drive is comprised of archaeological sites. Theres another map that shows that a couple of these are burials. And if theres a letter to the effect that was very difficult to find a way to get into this property. They also, they Im familiar with the area because this, this is just south of the Blasman property that was a contested SMA permit. Theres one property in between which is owned by Pukopo. I have looked at actually the archaeological reports for Pukopo that also has a lot of archaeological sites. Im not sure that theres a way in from the north even and so SHPDA did agree to that access corridor, its sort of in the middle of the property at site 8025. I think no doubt that they regarded these sites as significant. No doubt that, no doubt they are. And we have preservation requirements which essentially preserve the frontage of the site except for a 50-foot wide access way through one of these sites. GRAHAM:Could I just personally throw my, as a Commissioner my concerns in the samedirectionforwardandIthinkmaybeIevenamgoingatleastasbroadoralittlebroader which is we do see on our site location map you know what looked like a fairly intense communityhereinthepast.Andthentheapplicantisgoingtopreservemajorsectionsofthat community but in breach the community with his entryway and as we see on our map to the right EXHIBIT 15