2018-08-16 Leeward Exh A (AMEND SPP 08-064)

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FUKE: I can’t really say offhand whether, you know, like what the Formerly, FUDS, right, F-U- D-S, whether the FUDS clearance was done on this property. I can’t really speak to that. But I know that the U.S. Corps of Engineers has been systematically going through the whole area to have it all cleaned up. CARR SMITH: I’m not sure if this is a question for you or not, Mr. Fuke, but I was wondering how it was determined that regarding the Hawaiian hoary bats and the limitations of when trees can be trimmed. Is that a standard County — FUKE: Maybe I can kind of like — CARR SMITH: — time frame? FUKE: We didn’t represent that, but I think that what the staff in their diligence, you know, they looked at the EIS that was prepared for the Daniel K. Inouye Highway Extension, you know, which would take it from the existing, you know, where Saddle Road ends right now all the way down to the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway, and the portion of it kind of like would affect the subject property, so within that area you would have areas where you have like trees or vegetation. Relative to this site, however, it’s pretty much denuded. So I think that this is where, you know, that condition was kind of, the genesis of that condition. However, as a practical matter, because the site is relatively barren of any activity, I don’t think that, you know, that would be very, would be problematic for the applicant. I noticed, however, that like in many of the, on other applications, the State almost routinely has made that kind of comment that, you know, there is this potential for a hoary bat, there might be potential for the Hawaiian owl, you know, or the hawk, and so they have like a standard mitigation that they always offer, and it wouldn’t surprise me that over time this becomes like a standard kind of condition that’s recommended by the staff. CARR SMITH: One last question, on the maps I see that the extension of the highway is supposed to come right, it looks as though, through the property? FUKE: Yeah, so, I think it looks like it would affect almost like a one-third, if not a one-half, of the property. But what the State did in its corridor study was like, I don’t know how many feet, but it’s really, really wide, so they needed, as part of the Environmental Impact process, they have to look at all the different options, and so the evaluation area is wider than the actual right-of-way. I think the right-of-way ultimately would be no more than 120 feet. CARR SMITH: Thank you very much. FUKE: Sure. YATES: I have a question. Also, in regards to clean-up, should, I mean we all hope that they don’t, once they do get into it, but, should they decide to leave, is there any accommodations or allowances as to clean-up and, you know, and those kind of -. See, my, my concern is, you 6 EXHIBIT A