Through community updates, various community meetings, and this website, that has been updated periodically, we have been trying to be pono and approach development in a right way, especially from a cultural perspective. In the fall of last year, the resort owners announced that they would voluntarily authorize a Supplemental Archaeological Inventory Statement (SAIS) to be conducted on the Turtle Bay lands to proactively determine what may be present beneath the surface in the areas that we are proposing to develop. This work will supplement numerous surveys that have previously been completed.
The archaeological consultant, Haun and Associates, prepared a Supplemental Archaeological Inventory Survey Plan (SAISP) that was reviewed and approved by the State Historic Preservation Division (SHPD). The SAISP outlined the scope and methodology of the SAIS.
The archaeological consultant and his team of trained archaeologists conducted their fieldwork over the last several months and recently completed their physical work. Although the archaeological consultant will be preparing a final report that will be submitted to SHPD, we felt it important to provide the community with a brief summary of the results of the SAIS. The community has consistently expressed interest and concerns over potential discovery of cultural and historic artifacts, in particular human burial remains, on the project site. We share the underlying concern to demonstrate utmost cultural respect. Thus, we felt it important to make sure that we are keeping you informed of the preliminary results of the SAIS.
You can see the brief Question and Answer regarding the SAIS and its findings by clicking on the image provided below. As always, comments, questions, and feedback are accepted.
