PD RECOMMENDATION REPORT (PL-REZ-2022-000033)

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The Escott and Escott August 2021 AIS identified 18 sites and one isolated find, including two newly identified sites and a petroglyph, with the remaining sites being previously documented, including pre-Contact to post-Contact enclosures,platforms, mounds, lava tubes, walls, a railroad berm, and complexes. Five previously identified sites were determined no longer present and two burials were disinterred and reinterred off-site in 1993. All the sites were assessed as significant under HAR §13-284-6 Criterion d. The railroad berm (Site 50-10-37-30592)was also assessed as significant under Criteria a and c and was recommended for preservation. The petroglyph (Site 50-10-37-31254)was also assessed as significant under Criterion e and was recommended for preservation. The burial and associated burial crypt and features associated with former burial site (Site 50-10-37-10012)were relocated,nevertheless SHPD recommends that the burial site be flagged for preservation in the form of avoidance and the previous site location will be monitored if construction activities occur near that location. The AIS recommends no further historic preservation work for the remaining sites. By letter dated October 15, 2021, SHPD accepted the AIS, agreeing with the site integrity and significance of all the sites and making a determination of, "Effect,with agreed upon mitigation commitments." SHPD agrees with the preservation of sites 50-10- 37-30592 and 50-10-37-31254 and mitigation in the form of archaeological monitoring during initial ground disturbance. Finally, SHPD agrees that the sites recommended for no further work have been adequately documented. Prior to permit issuance, SHPD requests that the following be submitted for review and approval: 1)An archaeological monitoring plan (AMP) for all initial ground disturbing activities; 2)An archaeological preservation plan (PP) for the two sites referenced above; and 3) Written and photographic documentation verifying implementation of interim protection measures for the two sites to be preserved. A condition of approval will require the applicant to adhere to these requirements. The Cultural Impact Assessment included personal interviews sought to provide ethnographic and oral history of the project area. Three respondents provided information about the project site, and CIA concluded that, "An analysis of the potential effect of the proposed construction of residences on cultural resources,practices or beliefs, its 14