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a reason to vote against this project. It just feels likeahard issue to handle here today since we dont have the metes and bounds and its -. YUEN:Well,ifI could suggest, maybe Mr. Moore can help here. I believe theres a level of work that youd call stabilization. MOORE:Yes. YUEN:And would you explain that? MOORE:That would be taking the deteriorated portions, retrieving stones that have fallen off the wall, refacing the wall, reconstructing those portions of the wall so that theyre bi- faced core filled, intact. You know, this northern wall is in good condition at this point, but wed recreate it to look and be the same size and shape as the northern wall. Theres a dilapidated woodengatethatwouldneedtobereplacedorremoved.Thatwoodengatewasnotlikelypart of the original structure. It was probably put in after the fact, early 1900s, to control cattle or something like that. You know, at one point they believed it was used as a chute to bring cattle down to the coast. YUEN:I think Mr. Lau has expressed his willingness to do stabilization. And this is, as a kind of archeological work, what this does is it prevents further deterioration, at least for a time. Like once the wall has started to collapse, then its very easy for stones to keep coming out. The difficulty here, and then we have something that they do, that they can do now. The difficulty with a full restoration is that Na Ala Hele program, theres not a lot of point to doing 100 feet; and the Na Ala Hele program is apparently not ready to open up the Judd Trail. If this were a big development where you would, like the Mauna Lani or something where you have an entity there, that you can put a condition on that they can do it later, thats a little easier. When you have a small development thats going to get sold off, youll have a homeowners association; but its difficult to have a condition that they do something in the distant future that may never arrive. But what I would suggest -- if, you know, in where youre going with this as far as what work could reasonably be done at this stage on the site -- would be to talk about requiring stabilization of the portion that is within their metes, within the metes and bounds of their property. LAU:We would be amenable to that. ALAMEDA:Commissioner Graham? GRAHAM:You were speaking before on the metes and bounds going up to the, essentially the mauka elevation of your property. Are you in a position where you could do the stabilization to the mauka elevation boundary of your property? To me, that would feel more appropriate than just what fits within the metes and bounds, as long as youre legally capable of doing that. LAU:Well, as I stated at the previous meeting, the problem that we would have is that we would need permission from somebody else. I mean, we dont, we cannot do work on property we dont own. So, plus, in this area, according to Mr. Moore, the Trail has been bulldozed prior to 1980, so theres really nothing to stabilize it in that area. 9EXHIBIT C