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JOSH GREEN„M.D. �d��s� "'��.� rFN DAWN N�S.CHCANG <br /> S30VERNOR�KE Nx AiNA, CHMRPER'SON <br /> SQARD OF AANO AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> , DOMMI$SGCN ON WATER RESOURCE <br /> u.IELsTENr GOVERNOR SeRN I K A HOPE KItA.AONA, �� MANAGEMENT <br /> � r° �� � � <br /> FIRST DEPUTY <br /> crARA wu.rt iKARiAHAR+GE <br /> dH"`" •• DEPUTY DIRECTOR WATER <br /> AQUATIC RESCURCVS <br /> gam' �p 80A,TIING AND OCEAN RCCREIwTQN <br /> STATE of HAWAI I I IAA NVlol^ U,AdIII�I'IA�t Ao HAwAH BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES <br /> COMMISSXGN ON WATER RESQURCF <br /> " ' nANg VMEMTDEPARTUENT O LAN AND NATURAL RESOURCE CGN EFVi d AGO RE Al LANDScorrAovo cGNSHRVATIGrNAND RESOURCES LrJ �AIWAI`AINA <br /> L.MFG6zCVMENT <br /> ENGINEERING <br /> FORESTRY AND ftLd'UFE: <br /> HBSTO RIC PRESERVATION <br /> DIVISION or STATE PARKS KAHOOLA IAF,tlSOI"ND RESERVE CGMWSVON <br /> PIOL BOX 621 LAND <br /> STATE PARKS <br /> HONOL'ULU,HAWAII 99809 <br /> January 27, 2024 <br /> VIA EMAIL: admin@Ikealakekua.org <br /> Hd`ala Keal'akekua 1ui <br /> P.C . 'Box 1301 <br /> Kealakekua„ Hawai°i 96750 <br /> VIA EMAIL: lice@hawaii.gov <br /> Division of Forestry and Wildlife <br /> Legacy Land Conservation Commission <br /> 1151 Punchbowl St. Room 325, <br /> Kalamimoku Building <br /> Honolulu, Hl, 96813 <br /> Support for H66'ala Kealakekua Nui purchasing K6kua Kealakekua 1.26 acres 'TMK <br /> 8-1-009.007 and TMK -1-009w008 in Ka,'a aloe Scu h l one Hauwai`i Island. <br /> Aloha Members of the Commission, <br /> The (Division of State Parks (DSP) is in robust Support of Hdeala Kealakekua NUi (HKN) <br /> purchasing Kdkua Kealakekua, a 1.2 -acre parcel - "I"MK ( ) -1-009:007 and TMK ( ) -1- <br /> 009:00'8) in Ka"awaloa, South Kona, Hawai"i Island. <br /> DSP has had a very successful collaborative relationship with HKN virtually since this <br /> nonprofit"s inception at Kealakekua Bay State Historic Park (KBBHP). For the past g years <br /> DSP and KHN have been engaged in co-stewardship of the grounds surroundings Hikiau and <br /> Helehelekalani heiaus„ and KI-ll provided valuable content for the KBBHP Master Plan (MP). <br /> such as helping DSP with a Ke"pa"akai analysis that the earlier version of the MP was lacking. <br /> The MP was approved in 20 with KHN support. KH1\1 then continued its collaboration and <br /> community-based advocacy in the follow-up and subsequent Kealakekua Bay Community <br /> Action Planning (CAP) process hosted by The Nature Conservancy - whose vision its now <br /> carried on by the KapuKapu Ohana, an expanded group of engaged cornMUnity members and <br /> DLNI (Department of Land and Natuiral Resources) that includes HKN. <br /> DSP is now hoping to support expanding the role of KHN at Kealakekua in a manner that is <br /> comparable to Hui Maa"ainana o Makana's stewardship and co-management role at Ha'ena <br /> State Park on Kauai. <br />