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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 327 15 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TAX MAP KEYS (3) 5-2-007:004 AND 027 AND (3) 5-3-007:022, 023, 026, 032, AND 033 KNOWN AS THE HAPU`U TO KAPANAI`A CULTURAL CORRIDOR IN NORTH KOHALA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 42 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED). WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article 42 of the Hawai`i County Code established the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; and WHEREAS, Section 2-215 of the Hawai`i County Code established the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission ("the Commission"); and WHEREAS, Section 2-217 of the Hawai`i County Code provides, in pertinent part, that the Commission's first duty and responsibility is, "To develop and submit to the mayor, an initial island-wide prioritized list of qualifying lands worthy of preservation...Priorities shall be listed on an island-wide rather than district basis."; and WHEREAS, on December 26, 2014, the Commission submitted its 2014 Annual Report to the Mayor citing the purchase of the Hapu`u to Kapanai`a Cultural Corridor in North Kohala as the number two priority; and WHEREAS, Communication No. 163 from the Mayor, dated February 25, 2015, recommends that the Council accept the prioritized list as presented by the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Hapu`u to Kapanai`a Cultural Corridor consists of seven distinct parcels totaling 166.684 acres with three of the total of four property owners expressing an interest in a preservation sale; and WHEREAS, the Hapu`u to Kapanai`a Cultural Corridor includes significant cultural and archeological sites, including burials and the remnants of the earliest culture of Hawaiian settlement such as the Kapalama heiau, one of the largest platform (347' x 314'), pavement type heiau on the island of Hawai`i; and WHEREAS, the Hapu`u to Kapanai`a Cultural Corridor is Kamehameha I's kulu iwi (his home land) and includes numerous sites important in his rise to power, including the Hale 0 Ka`ili heiau built and dedicated by Kamehameha Ito the war god Kuka`ilimoku and a 450 to 500-foot canoe roadway/ramp from the top of a 100-foot pali to Kapanai`a Bay and a large canoe launching site; now, therefore,