2025-06-21 PL-INT-2025-010805 Law Offices of Sherry P. Broder - Category PL.7

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RE : Statement of Qualification and Expression of Interest of Sherry P. Broder, June 21, 2025 Aha Punana Leo, Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools, before the Land Use Commission when Bencorp sought to reclassify lands in Kona for the purpose of a Polynesian Cultural Center and Hawaiian Language Education. There was an extensive EIS, including the Archaeological Survey and Cultural Assessment involved. I represented the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in a contested case before the Land Use Commission involving a petition by the Knudsen Trust to reclassify lands at Koloa, Poipu. There was an extensive EIS, including the Archaeological Survey and Cultural Assessment and I extensively cross-examined the archaeologist and his staff as well as other expert witnesses about the reports in the EIS . The case involved sensitive archaeological sites, some of which were from 1400 A. D. Had the development proceeded, most of the sites would have been the subject of data recovery using current methods and then demolished and destroyed. After several days of contested hearing and testimony, Knudsen withdrew the petition. I worked with and assisted Professor Jon Van Dyke on water cases in which he represented OHA and the County of Maui . See, e. g. , In re Wai 'ola 0 Molokai, Inc. , 103 Hawaii 401, 83 P. 3d 664 (2004) ; In re Contested Case Hearing on Water Use Permit Application Filed by Kukui (Molokai) , Inc. , 116 Hawaii 481, 174 P. 3d 320 (2007) ; Kauai Springs, Inc. v. Planning Com'n of County of Kauai, 133 Hawaii 141, 342 P. 3d 951 (2014) ; In re Iao Ground Water Management Area High-Level Source Water Use Permit Applications, 128 Hawai ' i 228, 287 P. 3d 129 (2012) . I have continued to represent the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on issues relating to water resources in Kualapu'u on Molokai and I recently prepared all the memoranda and briefs for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and argued before the Hawaii Supreme Court in In the Matter of the Contested Case Hearing on the Water Use Permit Application Filed by Kukui (Molokai) , Inc. , Now Refiled as a New Ground Water Use by Molokai Public Utilities, LLC, S .Ct. No. 17-0000184 . I have in-depth knowledge and experience in the legal issues relating to the operation and conduct of business of governmental entities from my 17 years of representing OHA and its Board of Trustees . I have responded to inquiries relating 7