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Mr. Yada stated on August 26, 2008 they took a field trip to Kawa` a, because an <br />appraisal needed to be done regarding the Olson parcels. Mr. Yada stated because of the <br />monies they will be receiving from the Fish and Wildlife, the appraisal they previously <br />did doesn't satisfy the Federal requirements therefore another one has to be done. <br />Mr. Yada coordinated and organized the field trip with the appraiser and a consultant <br />from Townscape, Inc. Mr. Yada stated a few weeks prior, an altercation occurred down <br />at Kawa`a, that required police to go down there. Mr. Yada stated he was concerned that <br />they were possibly walking into a "situation." This was discussed at their organizational <br />meeting. Upon their discussion, it was decided to send a courtesy letter to Abel, the <br />unofficial "konohiki" at Kawa`a, to inform him that they were coming down for a site <br />visit. Mr. Yada stated when they arrived at Kawa`a, they were greeted by a group of <br />approximately 30 people. Mr. Yada stated there was an independent TV camera guy <br />present ... if they were interested in seeing the video clip, they could go to <br />bigislandvideonews.com. Mr. Yada stated he thought some people thought they were <br />there to "evict" Abel. <br />Mr. Yada stated they went through the Sea Mountain end. They walked down the trail <br />and they went down to Honu`apo and viewed what they could. Mr. Yada stated the <br />appraiser thought he had enough to do his appraisal. <br />Mr. Yada stated if there is no clear title to a property, they won't buy it. Mr. Yada stated <br />they do a title report on the property prior to buying it. <br />Ms. Springer asked about the situation with Hilea with Stan Roehrig representing some of <br />the families. <br />Mr. Yada stated the County had an agreement with Stan's clients that we would work <br />together. The County would develop separately some kind of Memorandum of <br />Agreement of them caretaking some of the sites; that would be the objective. <br />Mr. Gilmartin asked if we had any Legacy Land requests pending for the next Kawa`a <br />purchase. Mr. Yada stated we got granted another $1.5 million for the Olson purchase. <br />That's already been approved. <br />Copies of the application with instructions from the Legacy Land website were given to <br />the Commissioners for their review and files. <br />Mr. Yada stated in looking at their instructions regarding any missing required <br />information or inaccurate information may result in a rejection of the application. Mr. <br />Yada stated in the package checklist of the items they would need to have submitted with <br />their application, the very first one is a letter from the current owner acknowledging <br />project indicating willingness to sell. So, for them, that is a very significant issue because <br />they don't want to waste their time and money for something that will not happen. <br />2 <br />