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IWASHITA:And would that extend the length of the southern boundary of your property up to where it, you know, would abut to the existing Judd Trail shown on this map? Just to clarify, I’m talking about extending the dotted line from the mauka boundary of your property down towards Ali`i Drive, you know, 10 feet. LAU:Correct. Yes, we would be amenable to that. IWASHITA:Okay. Thank you, Mr. Lau. WATANABE:Any other questions? Seeing none, we do have one testifier on this. Oh, by the way, you may be seated. Thank you. So, may I ask Mr. Tyler to come up? I believe he signed up to testify. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth now before the Hawai`i County Planning Commission? TYLER:I do. WATANABE:Would you state your name and address for the record, please? TYLER:Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Hawai`i County Planning Commission and staff and those present. My name is Curtis Tyler, I live at 73- 1305 Hiolani Street, Kailua-Kona, actually, it’s Kalaoa Mauka. And I appreciate the opportunity to come back to provide some additional information to you. First of all, I want to thank Mr. Lau for providing me with his personal copy which he had that day of the Cultural Impact Assessment that was done by Liz Gregg for Archaeological Consultants of the Pacific. I’ve had an opportunity to review that document; and part of the reason that I objected last time is because I had never seen that document, as you recall. The guidelines established by the OEQC, the Office of Environmental Quality Control, relating to Cultural Impact Statements and also adopted by that State agency and directly relating to Chapter, excuse me, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, Chapter 205A, the Cultural Zone Management Act, specifically states that when these are done, they’re to be reviewed by the interviewees and release to be suggested or release to be signed; and I have no objection to signing a release. I wouldn’t have given the information if I didn’t want to do so. But I don’t recall that that was done. And, furthermore, there are many, there a number, excuse me, the Cultural Impact Assessment contains a number of what I would regard as significant errors, including the fact, including the mis-statement that I was born on Oahu, when my interview clearly states that I was born in Kona. It contains many misspellings which would lead one to think that perhaps the interviewee didn’t know what he was talking about. And, in light of the fact that this is a Cultural Impact Assessment, the fact that there are so many misspellings, inaccurate information or incomplete information relating to cultural resources is, quite frankly, very disappointing to me; and I think it’s inconsistent with the intent of the OEQC regulations, as well as the State rules, as well as your own Commission rule, Rule 9. EXHIBIT A 14