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public access and really stand in the way of not only gathering for native Hawaiians but for people like me who like to go to the ocean and, you know -. I grew up being able to go to the ocean to get limu kohu, limu ÒeleÒele, to go up into the mountains to pick my foliage, my maile, my Òohelo. And so IÓm not as concerned about this cause it doesnÓt really lead to that type of a resource, but generally because of police and fire access I really donÓt want to see more in a way of gated communities occurring on the island. WATANABE: Mr. Fuke? FUKE: Thank you very much. Yeah, we will communicate that to the owne And as far as the landscaping portion, very definitely, you know, if you wish to have a condition to mandate the use of native Hawaiian type of species, the applicant would have no objection to that, particularly since that is consistent with his plan. And I just informally consulted with our consultant and itÓs okay. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. But as a follow-up, Madam Director, though we need to actually add any. You already have a condition for landscaping, Rule 17 -. LEITHEAD TODD: When they come in for landscaping, I will require within the Department native plants. ItÓs my preference. ItÓs what IÓm going to require when anybody comes in with any type of landscaping plan. Mainly because I think that in particular areas given the arid conditions trying to use plants that traditionally thrived in those areas makes much more sense; itÓs much more consistent with conserving water, reducing the amount of landscaping and it serves the dual purpose of trying to preserve those native species which have been endangered in the past through cattle, through goats and sheep and pigs. And so, you know, thatÓs the direction that I see this Department going in; itÓs what I would require when people come in. I do it, you know, I look at it even in urban areas in Hilo. I prefer native plants where possible. And the only thing is up to the Commission to look at the Kona CDP and look for consistency with the CDP in terms of whether putting a restriction on a gated community is consistent with whatÓs required in the CDP. So the Commission may want to look at adding that as a condition. WATANABE: Okay. Mr. Fuke, aside from the gated community issue, I assume youÓve had a chance to review the DepartmentÓs recommendations, as well as conditions and the revised conditions Î I believe the new conditions are Condition L, Condi those satisfactory to you? FUKE: Correct. Yeah, the applicant has had a chance to review the initial recommendations as well as the amendments, and found them to be totally acceptable and very reasonable. WATANABE: Okay, thank you. Then maybe what we should do is, if further questions for the applicantÓs representative, maybe what we should do is deliberate and discuss the gated issue. HOUSEL: Mr. Chair? EXHIBIT A 6