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The Kauakaiakaola Heiau at the Puapua'a Property in Kailua Kona on Ali'i Drive Proposed purchase properties with the $8.8 million in the 2% Fund The Puapua'a Property, the site of the Kauakaiakaola Heiau, is located on Ali'i Drive in Kailua Kona. The property was named Kona Ali'i by the owners for marketing purposes, and was originally12.69 acres. There is only 8.4 acres because part of the parcel has been sold. This property was ranked number 4 in the 2006 Open Space Commission's list. That year, Mayor Harry Kim included it as number 1 in his list of properties to be acquired in an article in West Hawaii Today. The Puapua'a property contains numerous pre-historic and historic cultural sites and structures, including a burial complex and the Hauakaiakaola Heiau that is describe in "Heiau of the Island of Hawaii A Historic Survey of Native Hawaiian Temples Sites" by William Ellis and named by him. This property has been studied in detail in an Archaeological Inventory completed by Cultural Surveys Hawaii in August of 1994 by Hammatt, Borthwick, Collins, Heidel and Robins; and The Kauakaiakaola Heiau is built of "immense blocks of lava" with dimensions of 150 feet by 70 feet, with a smaller enclosure at the north end 60 feet long and 10 feet wide, partitioned off by a high wall, with but one narrow entrance to the ocean- with indications that idols stood there at one time. The western side of the Heiau has a number of platforms and small enclosures that suggest house foundations, one of which is lined with lava rock, while its upper surface is paved with smooth coral fragments. Part of the original 12 acres has been sold, and the remaining 8.4 acres is listed with Alan Yap, a Maui real estate broker (see attached-5 page property offering) We request that this property be acquired by the county of Hawaii with funds from the 2% for Open Space Land Fund aka Public Access and Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, which has $8,897,529.19 as of April 15, 2009. Contact Debbie Hecht for more information 989-3222 or hecht.deb(a~gmail.com