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TMK 7-5-035-007 and the Franz Family Trust,Alii Point Development, TMK 7-5-035-009. The Hamakaokahai Fishing Shrine straddled the two properties. Preservation of the shrine was required by a SMA Permit issued May 30, 1985 to AIM Point Development. Condition F of that permit states that "the Kamakaokahai fishing shrine shall be preserved and a buffer as shown on the submitted site plan map shall be reflected on the final subdivision plat map and recorded with the Bureau of Conveyances and in any private restrictive covenants." In a June 13. 2013, letter to JM Leonard Planning LLC, SHPD noted that an SHPD archeologist who visited the site had determined that the "location where the Kamakaokahai fishing shrine had been located has been completely developed and landscaped by the neighboring residences. There were no physical remains of the shrine visible on the land surface, and no intact buffer as required by the SMA permit. The destruction of this historic site appears to be a violation of the SMA permit that allowed for the development of this property."As a result, SHPD required the development company to conduct an Archeological Inventory Survey to determine whether anything remained of the site. That survey(TMK: (3) 7-5-35:por. 007) was conducted by Alan Haun &Associates in November, 2013. The resulting AIS had some very revealing information about the surrounding environs information that, had it been accessed by Tes ARCH Services researchers, may have influenced the thinking of SHPD when they made their conclusions regarding the presence of cultural properties in the area, including the distinct possibility that ancient burials may exist anywhere in this area. The test trench pictured here at the shrine contained"displaced human remains."