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Please find below a list of questions, comments, and/or requests from the commission members. Besides providing written and/or 3-minute testimony at the upcoming commission meeting on January 13, 2025, this is your final opportunity to submit additional information to support their decision regarding your 2025 Maintenance Fund Stewardship Grant application. • A SMA Assessment will be required prior to any improvements on the property, including fencing, major clearing and planting of vegetation, etc. Who will be completing the SMA Assessment and when? • Please provide information on the Symbrosia Foundation. Who are they and what are their qualifications? Also,provide us with a copy of their scope of work and estimates for the cost of their services. • What prior approvals and permits are required and from which agency(ies) for the proposed "limu restoration and establishment of aquaculture systems?" • Table E. PROJECT ACTIVITIES states that the objective "Establish a maintenance schedule"will be "In-Kind"while Table H. BUDGET DETAILS requests $10,000 of grant funding for"Maintenance Schedule Development."Please explain this discrepancy. • Consultants/Collaborators listed in Table E include employees of the National Park Service and State Dept. of Land& Natural Resources. Have agency personnel received approval from their employers to teach classes, do archaeological assessments/surveys, burial treatment plans, etc. for Kupa`Rina? • Table H. BUDGET DETAILS: Please provide details re: how you calculated the grant amount requests for each project activity. Please also specify whether any of the expenses include salaries, administrative expenses, refreshments, insurance, &travel. • Please provide a more detailed budget breakdown for all project activities. • Perhaps a management plan (including arch and flora/fauna services) may be a priority before conducting management activities -please give some thought into whether or not you think this is pertinent. It is important that you carefully review the questions and provide detailed and thorough responses to help the commission make an informed decision. Key deadlines and details: • Deadline for Submission: All responses must be emailed to PONC ,hawaiicountv.gov and received by our office no later than 4:30 PM on December 20, 2024. • Late Submissions: Any information received after this deadline will not be forwarded to the commission, and they will proceed with their decision based on the information currently available.