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Walter Kelly Protect Keopuka Ohana P.O. Box 166 Honaunau, Hawaii 96726 konajack@earthlink.net 808-345-9229 November 18, 2024 Leeward Planning Commission 74-5044 Ane Keohokaole Highway Building E, 2nd Floor Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 LPCtestimony@hawaiicounty.gov Re: Jekaterina Mysin (SMA-2021-000078) There are many questionable assumptions in the Mysin application, but the most important one, as far as we are concerned, is the cavalier attitude taken toward the possibility of native Hawaiian historical resources on the property. The applicant received an exemption from preparing an Archeological Inventory Survey for the property, although none exists. Instead, SHPD allowed for a one-day"Field Inspection" of the property. The applicant hired Hilo-based TesARCH Services to perform the reconnaissance and file a report. The report sets forth an interesting viewpoint that the parcel is "highly disturbed."The rationale offered in the report is that every parcel around the subject parcel is developed, so whatever happened during that process inevitably must also have disturbed the subject parcel.Yet the majority of the subject parcel is raw lava rock and brush, with bulldozer intrusions along its edges and crumbling ranch-era walls. The applicant states that"it is not known whether the subject parcel or surrounding area was ever used for gathering by native Hawaiians. It appears very unlikely due to the non-native dominance of vegetation and history of disturbance by nearby development that any significant cultural resources would be found."