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WHEREAS, Council Communication 105, dated January 14, 2021, from then -acting Mayor Lee E. Lord, transmitted the 2020 Annual Report of the Commission to the Council, pursuant to Section 2-218(a), Hawaii County Code; and WHEREAS, the 2020 Annual Report of the Commission cited the purchase of the Mdhukona Properties as a key priority, ranking it the number one priority for acquisition; and WHEREAS, Mahukona South, LLC owns nine of the eleven parcels that comprise the Mdhukona Properties with Mahukona North, LLC and Mahukona, LLC both owning one parcel each for an approximate total of 642.4551 acres in the District of North Kohala, which consist of- TMK Ahupua'a Acres 5-7-002:011 Kapaanui and Kou 232.8520 5-7-002:027 Kamano 1.0000 5-7-002:036 Kamano and Mdhukona 207.6030 5-7-002:037 Mdhukona 0.0600 5-7-003:001 Kaoma 0,5000 5-7-003:002 Mdhukona, Hihiu, and Kaoma 67.4490 5-7-003:003 Kou, Kamano, Mdhukona, Hihiu, and Kaoma 30.3921 5-7-003:007 Kaoma T 0.0620 5-7-003:008 Hihiu T 0.1720 5-7-003:010 Kou, Kamano, Mdhukona, and Hihiu 102.2950 5-7-003:018 Kaoma 0.0700 Total Acreage 642.4551 WHEREAS, the Mdhukona Properties contain over 175 cultural and archeological sites, fishing villages, and heiau that are still used today; and WHEREAS, the Mdhukona Properties located makai of 'Akoni Pule Highway also includes Ko'a Heiau Holomoana, an important and rare navigational heiau, which provides for the cultural practice of non -instrument navigation and open ocean voyaging; and WHEREAS, home of Kamehameha 1, Kohala remains a significant place, with the Mdhukona Properties continually providing spiritual, natural and marine resources for constitutionally protected cultural, religious, and subsistence practices; and