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DAVID:So is that about 60 feet, you would say? BLECK:Above sea level. Correct. DAVID:Now those trees, IÓm not sure whether theyÓre on the model not sure whether they depict what the height, the true height. I see them far over the height of the existing buildings. What kind of trees do you thi BLECK:Well, the landscape architect could probably better answer that question. But I think these trees, at the time we selected them, depict wili wili trees, and they can grow quite tall. If you drive down the, on Maui, the main road that goes down to the Valley, itÓs, on each side of that are very mature wili wili trees, the same. DAVID:Is that the mock wili wili or the, I guess, the Native Hawaiian version? BLECK:I canÓt answer that one. DAVID:Okay. IÓll ask the flora and fauna person, then. Sorry. Just a couple more questions. In designing that plan or prior to designing that plan, were you aware of the recommendations of the State Parks people and the State Historic Preservation people that they listed in their July 2002 letters regarding recommendations and impacts? BLECK:Well, I think that, I canÓt remember the timetable but I m done the design before that date. DAVID:So are you aware of those recommendations now? BLECK:I havenÓt read them, no. DAVID:In your opinion, if acquisition took place via land exchange or whatever other method, could this design, as you have on your model or on the site plan, could this be applied to another piece of property with about the same land area? BLECK:ItÓs, I doubt it. DAVID:Why is that? BLECK:This project is designed specifically to take advantage of the attributes of the contours of the land, the view of the ocean and so forth; and itÓs very rare that you can take a building thatÓs designed for one property and put it on another successfully. DAVID:Would you be able to accomplish that with some land-moving efforts on another piece of property? 16