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VEINCENT: Manny Veincent, 64-225 White Road, Kamuela. IÓm the president of the Kawaihae Canoe Club. HOUSEL: Thank you. Did I swear everybody in? I guess weÓll do this one by one. Okay, IÓll tell you what. Everybody, raise the right hand. WeÓll do this all one time. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth on this matter now before the Planning Commission? Thank you. SCHAEFER: My name is Barbara Schaefer. My address, Post Office Box 6110, Kamuela, HawaiÒi. IÓm a board member of E Mau Na Ala Hele and a member of the Kawaihae Canoe Club. Today I represent myself and E Mau Na Ala Hele. ARAKAKI: My name is Aric Arakaki. IÓm the superintendent for t Historic Trail, National Park Service. My address is 73-4786 Kanalani Street, No. 14, Kailua- Kona. HOUSEL: Thank you. Please let the record show that all the testifiers were sworn in, just point on record. I guess weÓll start -. Mr. Arakaki, would you like to start first? ARAKAKI: Mahalo. Good morning, Members of the Commission and Director Leithead Todd. Mahalo for giving us this opportunity to present to you today. IÓm going to give you some background information, and then IÓm getting to the salient matt In 2000, the Congress and the President, recognizing the significance of the history of HawaiÒi Island, the culture and practices of the native Hawaiians, and physical manifestations of the ancient culture in terms of what still appears on the cultural landscape and the connections that still exists amongst families with ancient and historic ties to this landscape, designated a 175- mile corridor along the entire western shoreline of HawaiÒi Island and into Volcanoes National Park as a National Historic Trail. As such, the people of the United States deem this corridor and the connections that present day native Hawaiians and others have to the shoreline and trails to be a national treasure for all to experience, appreciate and learn from. In March of 2009, after years of planning with communities within the corridor and throughout the island, the Ala Kahakai Comprehensive Management Plan was ad policy prescribes the management to be conducted by ahupuaÒa com Hawaiian descendants and others with deep historic ties to the land and calls for the creation of partnerships in the public and private sectors to support and implement community-based management plans for each segment of the trail. The plan also has an ÐahupuaÒa community-based, economic developmentÑ component that will generate the revenues necessary to fund livelihoods and resources to effectively manage trail segments and related cultural and natural resources. A major purpose of this is to allow for the reallocation of now scarce State and County funds and resources from parks and trails to other service delivery systems such as health, education and welfare. 10 EXHIBIT A