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M1,UIf IIf I. c_J-UZ0 <br /> Scoring Criterion 2A. Strong Community Support: Protecting Kokua Kealakekua is strategically <br /> aligned with the 2022 Community Action Plan (CAP) (See attached) and is part of the South Kona community's <br /> longstanding vision to steward and restore the natural and cultural landscape of Kealakekua Bay. Please see <br /> the enclosed: 24 Letters of Support from a wide range of nonprofits, government agencies, businesses, elected <br /> officials, and community members, and 48 Petition signatures that overwhelmingly support the protection of <br /> Kokua Kealakekua. <br /> 1. Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail, National Park Service (Aric Arakaki) <br /> 2. Conservation International Hawaii (Moans Ulu Ching) <br /> 3. Councilmember Michelle M. Galimba (Hawai`i County Council, District 6) <br /> 4. Department of Land and Natural Resources — Division of State Parks (Curt Cottrell) <br /> 5. Hawai`i Wildlife Fund (Megan Lamson Leatherman, Bill Gilmartin, Hannah Bernard) <br /> 6. Hokuli`a Park & Cultural Sites Association (Mike Vitousek) <br /> 7. Kahalu`u Kuahewa (Jesse Kekoa Kaho`onei) <br /> 8. Kai Kuleana Network <br /> a. Kalanihale (Ka`imi Kaupiko) <br /> b. Kohanaiki (Reggie Lee) <br /> c. Puako Community Association <br /> d. Conservation International (Moans Ulu Ching) <br /> e. Moana `Ohana (Mike Nakachi) <br /> f. Hui Aloha Kiholo (Charles Wiggins) <br /> g. KUPA Friends of Ho`okena Beach Park (Charles Young) <br /> h. Kipapa `Ohana (Malia Kipapa) <br /> i. Jeffery K. Coakley (Kauhola, North Kohala) <br /> j. Isabel Kalaau-Catrett (Kailapa community member) <br /> k. Diane and Roger Kanealii Jr. (Kawaihae) <br /> 9. Kona Historical Society (Lisa Greenwell Hummel) <br /> 10. Kulaiwi Archaeology, LLC (Solomon H. Kailihiwa) <br /> 11. Lomi Pono (Momi Nobriga) <br /> 12. Na Hoa Ulul5'au o Kalamawai`awa`awa (Dernie Waikiki) <br /> 13. Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (Scott Laursen) <br /> 14. Protect Kaho`olawe `Ohana (Davianna Pomaika`i McGregor) <br /> 15. Protect Pololu Project (Kaylen Taomia) <br /> 16. Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha (Senator. 3rd Senatorial District) <br /> 17. Terraformation (Becky Hary) <br /> 18. The Healy Foundation (Usha Kilpatrick) <br /> 19. The Nature Conservancy (Emily Fielding) <br /> 20. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program (Darren T. Lerner) <br /> 21. Amber Datta <br /> 22. Dennis and Anne Klimke <br /> 23. Dr. Kaliko Baker (Mo`o Lono, Kanaloha Kaho`olawe) <br /> 24. Keoki George Schattauer Jr. <br /> Scoring Criterion 2B. Identified Management Partners: This is unlike the majority of PONC <br /> acquisitions where the County would be the fee simple property owner and carry the financial and staffing <br /> burden of ownership and management, and would need to identify stewardship partners. The benefit of this <br /> project is that nonprofit Ho`ala Kealakekua Nui (HKN) is the proposed fee simple owner and steward of the <br /> property with the County holding a Conservation Easement (CE) over the property to protect its resources in <br /> perpetuity. This only requires the County to monitor the CE, relieving it of the risks, liability, and costs of <br /> owning land. The CE project structure is a win-win public private partnership for PONC. <br /> HKN is a trusted, experienced, and proven leader and steward in Kealakekua. Since 2016 HKN has <br /> held an Adopt of Park/ Curatorship Agreement with State Parks. In 2022 HKN partnered with 14 nonprofits, <br /> businesses, and public agencies to develop the Kealakekua Bay Community Action Plan (CAP). In 2023, State <br /> Parks adopted the CAP in its Master Plan for Kealakekua Bay and is now partnering with HKN on <br />