2018-01-18 Leeward Exh B (AMEND SMA 412, REZ 17-225 & SMA 17-068))

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soon as possible do a metes and bounds survey of all of the site that are going to be preserved, which are not only the petroglyph sites but all of those trails. So it was when the surveyor, you know, this was like before, you know, before getting any approvals, so they were just going to do that anyway. So then they hired the surveyors, the surveyors go out and they said like what happened to this segment of the trail? It was destroyed. They didn’t do it. But they don’t know how. Somebody did it. So all they did in a responsible way, they contacted the State, they contacted the Police Department because, you know, it’s like an unlawful entry and destruction of their property. So it’s under investigation right now. But, nonetheless, in the mode of also be proactive, you know, what’s done is done, so the question is like, how do you restore it? So then they hired Dr. Haun and he is here, again, you can ask him the question. So he prepared like what’s included in that Item Number 13. It talks about a trail reconstruction plan, and basically that, you know, talks about like they would try as best as they can to re-naturalize the trail and to make a nice transition. But to begin with, the re-naturalization of the trail was part of the overall preservation plan afterwards, so it’s not independent. So eventually they can kind of duplicate the situation, but it’s not going to be like how it was like before the destruction, but it will have the appearance of being almost like how it was before. So finally, it kind of like gets to like where we are right now. And, you know, based on all of the comments that we’ve heard, you know, from agencies, from discussions with the Planning staff, read, you know, reviewed the public comments to date, the applicant has made further modification to the plan, which is reflected on Item Number 14, and that \[inaudible short dialogue among the applicant’s representatives. An enlarged copy of the modified plan was brought in and shown to the Commission and the audience.\] And I think if you look, if you look at that plan and you compare with that, because that’s kind of like what is the current application right now. So what I’d like, you know, to direct you to is like if you look at the mauka southern corner, you know, where the trails are, you could see the, where the swimming pool and there was like a lawn area, the idea right now is that whole area would all be kept as an open space. So in term of the buffer where, you know, the Cultural Resources Commission had recommended that maybe using Nā Ala Hele’s guideline for trail buffer of 15 feet from the edge of the trails. It’s no longer 15 feet; it’s considerably more than that, it’s like one whole swap, you know, this area has been set aside and kept in its natural state. The other thing is that like, you know, from a density standpoint and the height, what they came up with the revision, again, they said like okay rather than doing 44 units they’ve been in the position to just do 40 units. So the plan before you reflects 40 units, and more critically, along the shoreline on the makai section they are all single-family dwelling, you know, not single-family, they are single-story in height. In previous, previous plans reflected multiple stories in that area, two stories. So as best as, you know, like I can say like, you know, we’ve heard a lot of the comments, we’ve tried to address almost all of them. I know that the Director had indicated like there are a number of issues that he would want to have the Commission consider. One was in relation to the density and whether there is going to be enough parking, and I think that in the record we’ve tried to say like we can address that issue, the density as it translates to the issue of parking. They talk about the trails and then the pool being between those trails like that, and we are saying that it’s out, we are not going to have any pool, no activity area in that area, it’s one natural area. On the green sea turtle whatever the Fish and Wildlife Service recommendation, you know, is advancing, their recommendations are acceptable, you know, to the applicant. In terms of the ten-foot wide lateral 16 EXHIBIT B