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notify everybody, and certainly I dont think this project has been a secret to anybody. In fact, in the case of the Sea Villas, their sales documents, their deeds and the condo documents notify them that this project will occur. You can understand that when the developer built the Sea Villas project, he had full intention of developing the balance of this property. He made sure there is adequate notification in all of those documents that such a project will be developed. And that notification is in all those documents. So I think weve made every effort to notify according to the law and made every effort to try and let people know about this project. ALAMEDA:Mr. Lim? LIM:Mr. Mooers, there was comments made during the testimony, and I think in some of the written submittals, that an environmental impact statement pursuant to HRS Chapter 343 would be required for this project. Is that true or false? MOOERS:Idonotbelievethatthereisanytriggerfor343,wasestablishedby this project; I do not believe that there is a 343 requirement. Rule 9 does allow the Planning Director to make determination if he would like to have the 343 done, and no such determination was made. But as far as any of the other triggers that appear in the law, Im not aware of any trigger to require a 343 assessment. LIM:There was I think written communication some time ago that the Great Wall of Kuakini was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and therefore that was a trigger for the requirement to process an EIS. Is that a true statement? MOOERS:No, its not. The Great Wall of Kuakini does not appear on either the Hawaii or National Register of Historic Places. It is eligible for placing on the National Register, but it has not been placed on the National Register. LIM:I will be submitting an Exhibit now, which is a letter from our archaeologist, Dr. Alan Haun, dated March 14, 2007, in which he states that although the site was determined to be eligible for this thing, it was never formally listed. Weve also attached several pages from the National and the State Register of Historic Places for Hawaii Island, which shows that the sites that are indicated on the list with the capital E are those that might be determined eligible but have not been formally put on the Register. So its our position that the Chapter 343 requirements are not triggered for the Great Wall of Kuakini. In any event, thats one of the preserved sites an archaeological site in the archaeological studies and we will be preserving the site. ALAMEDA:Mr. Lim, may I ask cause there was deferring to the expert on the drainage would you like to just do your presentation and then entertain questions, or -? LIM:I think what well do is -. I think Mr. Mooers is pretty much through with his summary report. I think that the drainage obviously was one of the big issues. I think there was also some -. Okay, so I think what well do is well entertain questions from the Commission as to the subject matter that they want to discuss. ALAMEDA:Okay. Commissioner Domingo? 19EXHIBIT C