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was into the ‘90s, I can’t recall when we went there, and that was with the Na Ala Hele
<br />Advisory Council.
<br />So, where are we today? Mr. Lau has showed me the map, the metes and bounds map
<br />which Wes Thomas and Associates drew up, and he has pointed out to me that a portion
<br />of the trail, including the walls, that is the north-western portion of the trail, a portion of it
<br />is on his property even though the 10-foot easement is shown on Mr. Smith’s adjacent
<br />property, Lot 4; and he indicated to me that they were going to incorporate that end as
<br />part of the preserved area, and I think we just heard that from Mr. Kennedy. That’s very
<br />good. I’m pleased to hear that. I’m also very pleased to hear from Mr. Lau that he is
<br />willing to convey over to the State an additional 10-foot buffer zone to be used as a
<br />buffer zone from where the trail is located on his property.
<br />Now, the fact that the trail was bulldozed or destroyed as some people indicated, it
<br />doesn’t mean that the trail isn’t there, as I’m sure we all know that. And so it would be
<br />my suggestion that in addition to the clearing of the trail, that there be a rebuilding, as I
<br />think I mentioned last time, excuse me, as I mentioned in my interview with
<br />Ms. Gregg, that the walls be restored. If they’ve been destroyed, they were part of the
<br />trail, they should be put back. And I suggest that this be done, if you’ll refer to my
<br />interview, that this be done before any dozers went in there so the rocks would be, you
<br />know, not further damaged and put back in the wall.
<br />Now I have not read the Preservation Plan, nor I have read the Burial Treatment Plan. I
<br />believe both of those have been approved; and if I’m wrong on that, I hope someone will
<br />correct me. But I believe that as part of the SMA condition, if it is your decision to grant
<br />this, that you require that the preservation and maintenance of this trail and any other
<br />cultural resources, whether within the preserved area or that come to light outside the
<br />preserved area, be maintained through, be protected, conserved and maintained in
<br />perpetuity by either the Association or, normally it is the Association, or their successors
<br />and assigns, through a written and recorded document of covenants of same with the
<br />Bureau of Conveyances, and that final approval of this project is not to happen until the
<br />recorded, approved and recorded document is in the hands of the Planning Director. And
<br />why do I say this? Because once the dozers roll, that’s it. And so I’m trying to be
<br />proactive here to be sure that because of the sensitivity of this area and its significance
<br />that we take every measure to insure that there’s no mechanical grubbing and grading
<br />until all of the sites have been surveyed, I think they have been surveyed, and plotted
<br />accurately on the Subdivision Map, and that all of the preservation, interim construction
<br />preservation buffers, including those connected with the trail, which it would seem to be
<br />at least 15 to 20 feet, be put in place before there’s any mechanical grubbing, grading,
<br />clearing, or anything like that. And the reason for that is because, as some of you may
<br />know from your history of being on this body, that these kinds of things once they are
<br />done, they’re irreparable in some case.
<br />Finally, I was going to recommend, and I think I heard some of it about a “no-build,” and
<br />I think I did recommend this in my interview, that there’d be a “no-build buffer” of at
<br />least 10 feet, and perhaps more, from the edge of the trail -. In other words, the trail itself
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