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<br />HAWAI‘I COUNTY PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br />PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />MINUTES-REGULAR SESSION <br />March 13, 2017 <br />Hawai‘i County Building <br />Council Chambers <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1401 <br />Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br />Present:Vice Chair Kekaulike Tomich <br />Commissioner Kai‘ena Bishaw II <br />Commissioner Marilyn Nicholson <br />Commissioner RenéSiracusa <br />Commissioner Susan Fischer <br />Commissioner Timothy DeLozier <br />Absent:Chair Cynthia Nazara <br />Commissioner William Meyers <br />Others Present:Amy Self,Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Hamana Ventura, Property Manager, Finance <br />Iwaloa Chilson, Senior Account Clerk, Finance <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Tomichat10:01a.m. <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />DWIGHT VICENTE <br />Vice Chair Tomich -Dwight Vicente representing the Hawaiian Kingdom. Talking about <br />acquisitions of PONC lands and I believe land in general. <br />Vicente –Good Morning,my name is Dwight Vicente. Legal issues with the lands here, because <br />if you look at. <br />there. In um,Hawai‘i, which was Americans illegally taking over this Kingdom going back to <br />the Reciprocity Treaty by design and the amendment that was to followin 1887. You can see <br />how they creeped in,took over, occupied. In fact the Reciprocity Treaty was a treaty to occupy. <br />They pretended like these lands was part of the Ohio River Valley, which is Article 5 of the <br />Northwest Ordinance. And 1894 the Republic of Hawai‘i, claimed crown and government lands <br />to be public lands. That is only in the Ohio River Valley, U.S. Constitution article 4, section 3 <br />clause 2. And from that point on you only have thesedifferent jurisdiction being created; <br />Federal lands, Forestry, um Territory lands, Hawaiian Home lands, um State lands. But these are <br />1 <br /> <br />