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I would suggest that the new information that weÓve heard from Ms. Nagai cast extreme doubt on the value of the Exhibit B and would ask that the Board order a new assessment based on the new information that weÓve h I asked Ms. Nagai if she wouldnÓt mind viewing the grave site that she spoke about with me a couple days ago; and we went there. And it took her couple extra seconds to locate the gravesite because she was trying to place it in relation to that huge old kiawe tree that she remembers when she was a girl. Unfortunately, the tree was cut down and is no longer there, so it took her a little longer to find the gravesite. But local residents remember watching backhoes come in and tear down the tree, strip off all the branches and cart away all the wood. Well, Exhibit A, the botanical assessment in the application that you have says that an analysis was performed, and that thereÓs no native species on the land, and thereÓs really nothing there worth saving. Well, unfortunately, that might be true now. But the owners in this area are concerned that what happened to the tree might end up happening to other things other property. We ask that you please uphold the historical sites element, which is Section 4 of the plan that says that the goals of the plan are to protect and enhance the sites and buildings of cultural importance to HawaiÒi. Please do whatever you can to stop any further grading or improvements of the land until the site is investigated. The application envisions a fake beach on the shoreline complete with trucked-in sand. Now, we live on that Kahului Bay and we watch the way the swells come in every year. And everybody here probably knows what happens in the wintertime, large beaches lose their sand. Well, this man-made beach is going to lose its sand. WhereÓs the sand going to go? ItÓs going to be dumped down onto the coral thatÓs lying in Kahului Bay just offshore. This is going to damage wild life and coral, and the environment, and is in direct conflict with Section 3 of the Hawaii County General Plan, Environmental Quality Element. I urge you to uphold that particular part of the Count I have just one more issue and then I will finish up. The application states that this is a moderate density project. In fact, the land is 15,203 square feet. And if you do the math and you divide it by 1,250 square feet per unit, youÓll find that the maximum theoretical units on the land that could built is 12.16. Well, 12 units is being proposed. I donÓt see how that meets with the applicationÓs statement that this is moderate density. It seems to me thatÓs the highest possible density that can go in there. And as youÓve heard of the traffic concerns here, we would ask that some modifications at least, if not the entire application, be looked at. I heard Mr. Mooers a few minutes ago talk about how the Sea Village Board has been attempting to negotiate with the Applicant a Memorandum of Understanding, and that he thinks that because the Sea Village Board Members are on the mainland itÓs difficult to reach them and so thatÓs maybe perhaps why they havenÓt signed the letter. IÓve been in contact with the Sea Village Board Members several times a day this week, IÓve spoken to many of them. In fact, just last night one of the Board Members told me that Ðthe negotiations are dead in the water.Ñ 12