2018-08-16 Leeward Exh B (AMEND REZ 1049)

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SMITH: Yes. VITOUSEK: Is that a burial site that’s in a lava tube? SMITH: There’s a number of them, yeah. You want me to kind of give the background? VITOUSEK: Sure. I’m just looking at that; in my opinion it looks like there is a burial site blocking that road. SMITH: Mr. Vitousek, thank you for raising that question. The original archeological inventory survey was provided by Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i, I think, in the 90’s, okay. Myra Tuggle and her husband also were involved in this. We went through, to obtain State Historic Preservation Division office approval, as well as worked with Hawai‘i Island Burial Council to obtain their approval on the disposition of all the burials, okay. There is a number of other larger complexes mauka of the upper quarry, but the ones in this area there are two burial areas. We’ve worked with Isaac Harp who is the cultural monitor for the families in this area. He’s actually staked out the entire archaeological preserve. We have signs, warning signs, every 50 feet along the corridor of that thing that sort of looks like a rifle. And then the two burial areas: One, with the approval of the Burial Council, we put in a stainless steel gate that’s lockable and that was to provide an alternative, should some inadvertent remains be discovered during construction, we would have the option to reintern them in that location; the other one had an infant burial and it was sealed. And the rock wall designs that were approved by the Burial Council have been put in place and are completed. VITOUSEK: Right, but, is the Kamanu Street alignment a viable alignment or is there a burial site that’s going to prevent the construction of that — SMITH: There’s no burials within the alignment. What we did was we worked with State Historic Preservation Division when they signed off on the grading permit – I don’t think it was you – they allowed a bridge section of the road, so it’s actually like an at grade concrete reinforced steel bridge that does not transfer the load of the road over the lava tube that’s beneath it. VITOUSEK: Got you. Okay, thank you. KAY: I just wanted to add that Condition Q as proposed says, “The applicant, successors or assigns shall fully comply with the provisions stipulated in the Department of Land and Natural Resources-State Historic Preservation Division approved Archaeological Preservation Plan and Burial Treatment Plan.” So we did capture that as well. UNGER: Great, thank you. Thank you, Applicants. If there are any members of the public to testify, this is your opportunity. Seeing no members from the public here to testify, I would like to entertain a motion to close public testimony. KEALOHA: So move. 14 EXHIBIT B