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LAU:Commissioner Graham, the concern thatIhave is that if we do the reconstruction work, theres only a 35 meter section of the Trail that would be reconstructed. And were talking about a Trail that presumably went many miles, so I dont know the, what the real benefit would be to, for us to reconstruct 35 meters. GRAHAM:I understand. ALAMEDA:Other questions? Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Just to follow-up on Commissioner Grahams concern. And, you know, as a regular part of these kind of applications when it comes to roads, its a standard kind of a requirement to have a project improve the road in front of the project. And so Im thinking that, as part of this application, that in order to allow this project to go forward that it would seem reasonable to me to require the improvement or the restoration of the Judd Trail as it goes the entirelengthofyourproperty,whichismorethan100feet.Right?Inotherwords,fromAlii Drive up to the mauka boundary, to improve your half of the Judd Trail or, you know, to, so that its basically a similar requirement as our highway kind of requirements or roadway requirements. Would that be something the developer would consider? LAU:Well, Commissioner Iwashita, yes, we would consider improvements to the Trail. I think what we have to do is really discuss to what level of improvements. When you talk about developers improving roadways adjacent to their property, you know, generally, those are roadways that are in use. The Judd Trail, to our understanding, is really not in use. But we would be amenable to doing some improvements so that the portion of the Judd Trail on our property could be used as an example of what the Judd Trail was at one time. IWASHITA:The portion of the Judd Trail that, I guess that brings up another point. Maybe I can qualify that. ALAMEDA:Yes. IWASHITA:On Condition 13, the metes and bounds survey of the Judd Trail, that would include the physical aspect, the walls and so forth, that currently exists. And, as I understand it, portions of the Trail are actually within the property involved in this development and then, I guess, portions of it are out within the easement area, the area actually owned by the State. Is that correct? MOORE:Presumably what would have been there no longer exists. There has been bulldozing that occurred as early as 1980. Previous archaeological studies that covered a wider range back in 78-79 and published in 1980 documented that there was no longer present at that time. So the actual path it took at that time is unknown. You know, based on that map and what weve seen on the ground, it appears that would have extended south of the property and through the easement, yes. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Iwashita? IWASHITA:Is there not other documentation or historical record that establishes the location of the Trail? I mean thats the whole basis of the State owning it, right? 5EXHIBIT C