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FUKE:Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. Nice to see a full Member Commission today. My name is Sidney Fuke, I’m a planning consultant. My business address is 100 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai`i. ALAMEDA:Thank you, Mr. Fuke. You’ve heard the discussion and some of the questions asked by the Commissioners. FUKE:Sure. ALAMEDA:I know you also received the Recommendation by our Department; and this is kind of like going on Round 2. So anything else to add or any comments to make? FUKE:Sure. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I’d like, as a matter of fact, just to touch upon some of the issues that were raised at the last Planning Commission meeting relative to the archaeological cultural issues. However, before going to that, I think I’d like to publicly clarify, you know, contrary to what was published in yesterday’s West Hawaii Today article relating to this particular item, there was a statement stating that the project was adjacent to the Keakealani Wahine Archaeological Complex; and that is absolutely false. There are two ahupua`a that separates that complex from this property. This property is situated in the ahupua`a called Pahoehoe 2. As you move to the north, there’s like a Pahoehoe 1; and the next ahupua`a would be Kaumalumalu; and the Keakealani Wahine Complex is situated in the ahupua`a of Holualoa. So I just wanted to offer that for clarification. ALAMEDA:Okay. th FUKE:As your staff had indicated, on July 28 we transmitted, you know, a copy of the archaeologist’s comments relative to the Cultural Resources Management Plan. We also included in that the draft Burial Treatment Plan and the Site Preservation Plan. To answer partially, I guess, like Commissioner Watanabe’s question, the general process is that, you know, at this level you have an approved Archaeological Inventory Survey which was already provided; and we do have copies of the approved letter from the State DLNR Historic Preservation Division, I think, which was provided to the Commissioners earlier. Generally, like after the Archaeological Inventory Survey is completed, in that survey the survey makes recommendations in terms of how do you address all of the cultural and archaeological features on the site; and there are like usually three major components. One would be a Data Recovery Plan. The other one would be your Site Preservation Plan. In this situation here, the mauka-makai trail and the heiau, you know, would be preserved. For those activities you would need to have like a Site Preservation Plan. And the last one would be because there are burials, you know, on the site, then you need to have a Burial Treatment Plan. The Burial Treatment Plan would have to be reviewed and approved by the Hawai`i Island Burial Council and the DLNR Historic Preservation Division; whereas, the other two plans would be approved by the DLNR HPD. Before any land disturbance permit or physical construction activity can occur on the property, you basically need to satisfy all of those three components. We do have Dr. Allen Hahn, he drove in from Hilo, and, you know, he’s available for any testimony or questions that the Commissioners may have. EXHIBIT B 5