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GIFFIN: Mr. Chairman, I have a question of Bill. In the backgr some of the historic findings starting on Page 27, I realize that, you know, these were not significant, huge findings. But as a native Hawaiian, I am sensitive to these sites and I wondered if there was going to be any special consideration for these findings. B. MOORE: Let me -. The archaeological sites were really limited to walls, which are cattle related. Most of them, one of our archaeological sites is a chassis of a truck that was left there by the military. So, no, I donÓt anticipate weÓre going to have -. sites are tent pegs, angle iron tent pegs that were left by the military, and they actually constructed a small retaining wall front in the tent area. And thereÓs another small enclosure, which the archaeologist felt was more related to the military being there than anything else. So, no, we are not planning -. There were no sites related to Hawaiian occupation that we were aware of; they were all related to post contact. And so we are not planning any special treatment of these sites. GIFFIN: So even Feature A, the wall? B. MOORE: Again, if you, the wall was discussed in there as part of the tent; it was actually built right along the line of tent stakes. So the archaeologist felt that was more related to the armyÓs occupation there in building some kind of a barrier boundary with respect to the camping site. GIFFIN: I appreciate your explanation. And just on the record I wanted to congratulate you for including Kep MalyÓs report, which I find very, very interesting in terms of the history of the village. BOWMAN: I have one more comment. I think thereÓre people who are a little older than I am but, you know, there is recent historical significance of the area, the cattle ranching, and I would love to see you somehow document some of that. I think it would be good for the local and the tourists, yeah, the value of that in that area because that, you know, for us that grew up here that was kind of a special area, if any of you remember the cattle go B. MOORE: IÓm glad you brought -. We actually have, IÓd like to introduce Mark de Reus. HeÓs our architect and he drew that pretty picture of the rendering. WeÓve been talking to him about that concept about trying to incorporate some of the history, the cattle activities Î you know, the military, you know, itÓs still part of the history there. But itÓs part of what we were looking at, BobÓs partner and then Bob have been, you know, so we have been talking about this. And thereÓre ways to incorporate it Î use some of the theme, use some of the story, as part of the restaurant. So, no, so we are, absolutely thatÓs something that we are looking at. GIFFIN: The richness of the area. B. MOORE: Yes, yes. BOWMAN: Thank you. 8 EXHIBIT A