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GRAHAM:I guess what I'm hearing you say is certainly responding to what I was thinking. What you're saying is if they bought asset and liability, the particular parcel that contains the liability also continues to contain a lot of asset value. Therefore, it's not necessarily right this moment to deal with it. But if anything further goes on with that parcel, then perhaps it would be. Am I reading that correctly? YUEN:Yes. And just to add, there are at least three private entities with an interest in getting a resolution to the question of the coal ash pile, that being Continental Pacific, which owns the fee, the Hawaiian Rainbows Company, that has a lease with option to purchase the property, and Brewer Mauna Kea Agribusiness, which has some contractual responsibility with Continental Pacific with respect to the existing of that coal ash there. GRAHAM:Thus, it's your belief that this would not be missing the appropriate opportunity to deal with the coal ash issue if we continued without referencing it in our negotiations at this time? YUEN:It's an issue that has -. The coal ash pile is an issue that is being worked on separately. It's -, for the Planning Commission to go forward on these applications will not prevent any opportunity from -, for solving the coal ash as a separate matter. GRAHAM:Thank you. GALDONES:Okay. Commissioners, any further question of Mr. Lim? Commissioner Thibadeau. THIBADEAU:Yeah, I'd like to ask the Director to comment on the easement requirement for the public access. I'm somewhat confused by that. Is it in fact a requirement, and what's the situation on protecting the easement? Or is an easement required, I don't know? YUEN:We will be getting an easement, we -. The only excuse I wo the easement not being in hand is that there are only so many hours in the day, and we haven't finalized the easement documents. We could finalize most of them. The only -, there are some issues with respect to the lateral easement. The remaining easements are -, but the remaining easements are in the final subdivision map. They are a requirement of subdivision. I don't see a practical problem with waiting on the easement documents, but we will need to get those done. The part that needs to be verified on the ground are a few of the -, are on the lateral easement along the coast. There are a few places where we have to settle on the final alignment because of terrain issues like little gullies that have to be skirted. THIBADEAU:Thank you. GALDONES:One moment. There's some procedural matters that I need to discuss with Counsel. 18