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nn =1 <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII I <br /> + ��'=- !/ •- STATE OF HAWAII <br /> •f�Tt OF•NF'•�' <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 451 14 <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO <br /> NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TAX MAP KEY NO. 1-5-010:032 IN <br /> THE DISTRICT OF PUNA, UTILIZING THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND <br /> NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 10-15 <br /> OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER. <br /> WHEREAS, the acquisition of conservation and agricultural land Tax Map Key (TMK) <br /> No. 1-5-010:32 (hereinafter"the Gapp property") is a special circumstance requiring immediate <br /> action by the County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Gapp property is the result of the County of Hawaii Planning <br /> Department's inadvertent consolidation/resubdivision of Conservation land in 1999, whereby no <br /> prior approval was applied for through the Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR); and <br /> WHEREAS, to date, according to the County of Hawai`i Planning Department and <br /> Corporation Counsel, BLNR has not provided the County of Hawai`i with alternatives to rectify <br /> the Gapp property's inadvertent consolidation/resubdivision of Conservation land; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2008, an archaeological inventory survey conducted by Rechtman <br /> Consulting LLC found 67 features of historic and/or pre-contact sites over nine archaeological <br /> sites, four of the sites are Native Hawaiian burial grounds, one of which is a pre-contact burial <br /> platform located within the Gapp property; and <br /> WHEREAS, according to the archaeological survey, the property has a petroglyph field, <br /> trail fragments, agricultural evidence, walls to conceal "Historic Period"burials, and evidence of <br /> "Historic Habitation"; and <br /> WHEREAS, the acquisition of the Gapp property will serve to ensure historical <br /> preservation and conservation of culturally significant lands for lineal/cultural descendants, <br /> residents of Hawai`i and tourists; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Charter, Section 10-15, provides for a Public Access, <br /> Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, which receives a minimum of two <br /> percent of real property tax revenues (including penalties and interest) each fiscal year to be <br /> expended on the acquisition of lands or property entitlements for public outdoor recreation and <br /> education; and <br /> WHEREAS, Section 10-15, subsection (c), paragraph (1)(B) of the Hawaii County <br /> Charter provides that monies in the fund may be used to purchase property for the purpose of <br /> "[p]reservation of historic or culturally important land areas and sites"; and <br />