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In addition to that, the Hesters have, over the last year or so, been drilling this 1200-foot deep
<br />well, you know, on the property and they have, itÓs successful. The quality and quantity have
<br />been proven. ItÓs roughly right now 200 gallons per minute. We talked to the Water Department
<br />about possibly having this well be utilized, you know, to supplement the County system. And
<br />what the Water Manager told us was that, well, you know, given the location of this well thatÓs
<br />on the property, itÓs a little too far from their system so they would prefer having possibly, using
<br />this well as a possible backup wherein the case of thereÓs a need for, you know, some sort of an
<br />emergency. So thatÓs kind of like still in the works. That well system that would be
<br />constructed, I mean, thatÓs on the property right now would be used for their potable purposes.
<br />The system that comes in from the Alii system will be used primarily for the irrigation system.
<br />Your staff had indicated about the archaeological thing. We did provide the archaeological
<br />report, you know, I think, to the Planning Department as well as to the State DLNR. The State
<br />Historic Preservation Division had indicated that based on that, all they found was a, remnants of
<br />an old flume. And because, I guess, the quirk of the StateÓs regulation is that anything thatÓs
<br />more than 50 years old is theoretically considered historic. And, as a result, when you find
<br />something like that, it kicks it up to that level of this archaeological inventory survey level. And
<br />what the State had informed me was that what Mr. Alan Haun did is sufficient and, nevertheless,
<br />he still has to put it in that Ðinventory level form;Ñ and so the DirectorÓs recommendation is
<br />saying that, you know, itÓs basically complying with that condition, and as the staff noted
<br />Condition J already addresses that; and I think, you know, weÓre appreciative of that.
<br />In specific response to Commissioner SpringerÓs question, and I apologize to the staff for not
<br />providing that correspondence that was just circulated, but I had a meeting with Mr. Kawashima
<br />of the Na Ala Hele Trails Access Group and he did point out that there are two possible trails;
<br />and those trails, if I can go to the board to just kind of point it out. One would be in this general
<br />area, and the other would be in this general area, lower end of the property. So what
<br />Mr. Kawashima is doing is asking the State, you know, to kind of verify whether, in fact, that is a
<br />trail or not; but I think IÓd like to just kind of read a certain portion of his letter to the State
<br />abstractor, Moana Roland. Basically, his conclusion is that ÐI
<br />appeared on the 1923 quad map,Ñ but nonetheless it has to, you know, they have to go through
<br />the process. So your staffÓs proposed conditions, I think, adequately addresses that because
<br />when and if this project, agricultural project district, is rezoned, if successful, then they would
<br />still have to come in for the subdivision. And, at that time, the six months that weÓre allocated,
<br />January, you know, youÓre looking at June or July. I donÓt think the application can be filed
<br />prior to that. And so if it gets filed, what we did indicate to Mr. Kawashima is that if the State, in
<br />fact, determines that these are, in fact, trails, then they will have to be recognized and
<br />incorporated in any of the subdivision maps.
<br />Finally, in relation to the DirectorÓs last condition, I guess, I just wanted to clarify on the water
<br />requirement. Because itÓs my understanding that the water system that theyÓre proposing as to
<br />whatÓs conventionally required by the Water Department is that initially if you had your private
<br />water system you must have a regular well and a backup well. All weÓre going to have is just
<br />one well. So, the second major deviation is that theyÓre going to construct on-site storage tanks
<br />and the tanks will be constructed out of galvanized steel as opposed to what the Water
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