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GIFFIN:Here, I can give it to you. I have it marked, IÓm sorry, but -. He speaks on
<br />page 4 of the guardianship of a trust company in Hilo of children, minor wards. And then
<br />from there he says that the trust company forced the sale, and Mr. Roy, correct me if IÓm
<br />wrong, of these lots for their support. And I wondered if your research coincided.
<br />YUEN:The only information that I can relate is that the, the Blasman property, on
<br />the earliest tax maps which are, roughly 1936, I believe the owner is shown as Frank
<br />Silva.
<br />GIFFIN:Okay, the man that weÓve Î
<br />YUEN:I canÓt remember who the owner of the, at that point in the tax maps, who
<br />the owner of the larger portion of 7-2-2:8 is shown as, so I canÓt help you with that, in the
<br />Keakealaniwahine parcel itself. As far as, you know, your earlier comment, sensitivity to
<br />historic, Hawaiian historical sites, in particular has changed and increased over time, I
<br />think thatÓs a fair statement.
<br />So youÓll see things that happened in the past that people would, would hate to see
<br />happen today. WeÓre really fortunate that this Keakealaniwahine property is still
<br />relatively intact, because it could easily, it was in private ownership from the Mahele, up
<br />until 1988, and easily could have been bulldozed out, sold. Somebody made a decision to
<br />not do that. And IÓm very happy that that happened. Whether th
<br />understanding and sensitivity to the importance of the site, or just because it never
<br />surfaced as a developed, as a piece of property that someone wanted to develop, I donÓt
<br />know. Certainly by the 1980Ós, anyone who owned the property would have been aware
<br />that the archaeology would, would be a major issue or constraint if they had come
<br />forward with a development plan or development proposal for the property. However,
<br />the legal protection really does not exist for property that just happens to be in an
<br />agricultural zone. Many sites have been bulldozed, or chain-dragged, or otherwise
<br />destroyed without any kind of land use permits. So thatÓs, thatÓs one of the things that
<br />weÓre very fortunate in, in this particular, in the property thatÓs now owned by the State.
<br />GIFFIN:So then the prior application for our subject property, at that time in the
<br />1930Ós was there any sensitivity towards cultural, Hawaiian cultural sites and all of this
<br />that you just spoke of? Because I wondered if in the application there was any statement
<br />of a landscaping plan; and if so Î
<br />YUEN:In 1980, you said 1930Ós.
<br />GIFFIN:IÓm sorry, 1980, yes. Was there?
<br />YUEN:I donÓt think so. And, as far as, there certainly was testimony and concern
<br />about the effect of development on this site on, I think the testimony at the time was more
<br />in terms of Keolonhihi, because that was, Keolonhihi was very much in the forefront at
<br />that point with Friends of Kamoa Point. But there was, there were, there were letters of
<br />concern about this site. It was clear from the archaeological report that was done at, even
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