2018-10-18 Leeward Exh C (AMEND REZ 926)

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interpretive center to learn about the area, so we can ensure that, you know, the resources are preserved and nobody gets in trouble by the ocean. Currently, as we stated inside our overall status report, we are held up from opening this interpretive center to the general public because we have a pending long-term preservation plan being reviewed by SHPD. You know, we’ve, over the years we’ve followed up, our archeologist has followed up with SHPD. We have gotten no response. Our office has actually followed up about three times this year and, with no luck. KD is, you know, eager to get these improvements open to the public because it’s been completed for some time now. We actually met with the Planning Department about 2013, and walked through the entire area. I think the Planning Department was impressed with the level of improvements that were provided, but the full implementation of the access to this area couldn’t occur until the long-term preservation protocols are in place and all the proper signage goes up. And so right now we are kind of stuck. But in the interim, you know, folks want to come down to visit the shoreline, we’ve been directing those folks down to the Hualālai public access areas, where there is sufficient parking, and they can still get to, to the resources in our property by the lateral shoreline trail. I understand that folks do that by going through Hualālai, Kona Village, crossing through our properties, and even from the north they come through the property that way. We do allow public access currently to the interpretive center by reservation. We call Aunty Lei who is one of the caretakers down there, and set up an appointment, and she’ll educate you on the area by taking you on a guided tour because she knows where all the sites are. And she also brings down a lot of school groups that come and take a look at the resources down in that area. And, of course, you know, the area is still open for any lineal descendant that wants to come down, any cultural practitioner that wants to take advantage of the resources, including gathering salt. So that’s how we are addressing public access. YATES: Who would they call for that? You know, you make a reservation. You have to call someone? KNABLE: Yeah, you would typically contact Aunty Lei, but I, you know, I can, we can certainly arrange for— YATES: Kona, uh, who? KNABLE: Yeah, this would be at the— YATES: Hualālai? KNABLE: —interpretive, no, this would be Kaūpūlehu Developmentʻ, then— YATES: Oh— KNABLE: —and we can, yeah. YATES: —thank you. 10 EXHIBIT C