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well over a year ago. Was that almost two years ago? It was, it was quite a while ago. And it's
<br /> just a process. And they want to do it right; they are not here to make any shortcuts. They just
<br /> want to build some homes and meet the criterias, and that's why we are here asking for an
<br /> extension.
<br /> KANUHA: And then that first question, you know, I know obviously, since SHPD was, you
<br /> know, they had gone through everything with the arch report. The lineal and cultural
<br /> descendants which there are on that ahupua`a I know for a fact, you know, I sat on the Burial
<br /> Council with my father, I've seen many things come up—how come nobody was notified? Or
<br /> like, you know, Miss Roy just said she's, nobody was ever spoken to about it. Especially with
<br /> this project,just having any cultural concern of what was there.
<br /> VAN BERGEN: I'll defer, all I'll say is when I got involved in the project in 2017I was
<br /> involved earlier with the park, because that was a huge County benefit SHPD was already done
<br /> many years ago and the cultural resource consultation and the document back in 2009, so I'll let
<br /> Daryn, maybe Alan, speak to that. I have no idea.
<br /> ARAI: Yeah—and Dr. Haun is available but at the same time, you know, as part of the
<br /> Cultural Impact Assessment, there was effort to reach out to descendants in the area and some of
<br /> them were interviewed. Then also as part of the process, there was notification in various
<br /> statewide publications, the Advertiser, for example, Ka Wai Ola, you know, and basically saying
<br /> seeking out andmaybe, Dr. Haun? Would it be okay if he kind of speak to it?
<br /> VITOUSEK: Absolutely. Please step forward. Would you please raise your right hand? Do
<br /> you swear or affirm to tell the truth on the matter before the Planning Commission? [Inaudible
<br /> affirmative response by Dr. Haun.] Mahalo. Please state your name and town you live in.
<br /> HAUN: My name is Alan Haun. We did the original inventory survey and subsequent data
<br /> recovery work. We also did a burial treatment plan for this project, and as part of the preparation
<br /> for the burial treatment plan, we run legal notices, Ka Wai Ola and West Hawaii Today, Star
<br /> Bulletin, and didn't get any responses from those. We, another firm had done a burial treatment
<br /> plan for the seaward parcel, and one individual had been identified through that, their process,
<br /> and we provided that individual with a copy of this plan when it was being drafted. And this
<br /> response, or the lack thereof, was conveyed to the Burial Council. We met with the Burial
<br /> Council four times. One of the times there was no quorum but four times in total. And when
<br /> there are no responses to those ads, normally, the council members step things up a notch and act
<br /> really on the behalf of potential descendants, and there were, you know, extended discussion of
<br /> the treatment plan in these council meetings, and a number of people, all of which would at least
<br /> be cultural descendants, spoke up and provided input during the meetings, as well as the council
<br /> members. And the plan evolved with input from those individuals. And ultimately, the plan was
<br /> reviewed and approved. And as was pointed out, this is, the Cultural Impact Assessment effort
<br /> was a separate project with another consultant, but that also sought to identify individuals and
<br /> did in fact discuss with a number of individuals
<br /> VITOUSEK: As a follow-up, have you reviewed the Cultural Impact Assessment?
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