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• MFA has submitted a plan that proposes to steward this property in close collaboration with the PCDC, County of Hawai'i, and surrounding neighbors. The plan includes working with the community to develop a community-based vision and scope of work, and management of the property to protect and monitor water quality, incorporate vegetative buffer zones to limit erosion, identify and improve the safety of the best locations for access, restore and study native plant and animal habitats, integrate education into all activities, and more. • The property is currently for sale for $1,900,000 and has been listed for several months. 1 •. 1!t\k,"1 1 \, • . ..‘ ....:_t- ,,, 'I V*- 1.''''t 2. Sc.:,'T-i.k: .:. !4,4r, -il- '\ 1. t . Special Opportunity for Acquisition • The manager of the subject property has submitted a letter "strongly supporting" the nomination of the property by the MFA. The owner has agreed to negotiate with the County of Hawaii in good faith. • The MFA is willing to partner and collaborate to help manage and maintain the property. They have recently been awarded grants to support their activities in this area and continue to apply for more grants. The PCDC is committed to the acquisition and management effort. • Although three pedestrian, two vehicular, and three parking easements intended to facilitate shoreline public access to portions of the subject property were incorporated into the subdivision approval by the County of Hawaii, public access is frequently blocked and discouraged by unmaintained thickets of tall brush, piles of tree cuttings, locked gates, and absent, misleading, or unauthorized "Keep Out" signage. • Fee-simple acquisition is suggested. 1.20