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i <br /> LAAO-i I Page 2 June 20,2023 <br /> I <br /> I <br /> He shared that this property was rezoned in the mid-90s to develop a golf course resort community <br /> with 500 units, a clubhouse and other things, and that the project was advanced by a family from <br /> Japan, who after the collapse of the Japanese economy withdrew from Hawaii and sold the property <br /> to the Pace family in 2004. The Pace family hired him to complete a conservation easement of over <br /> 9,000 acres that would allow the property to be preserved in perpetuity as one large parcel. <br /> He also explained that as determined by the Planning Department, that the ordinance is no longer <br /> effective, and conditions of the ordinance can no longer be met partially because of the conservation <br /> easement being put in place, and that a request to the Planning Department to revert the property back <br /> to its original zoning should be made. <br /> Mr. Hendrickson shared further that Kealakekua Mountain Reserve's property is used for sustainable <br /> forestry and they have planted more than 350,000 native trees. They have installed miles of fencing <br /> and invited the community to come to visit the property resulting in over 815 visits last year. He also <br /> stated that the Pace Family owns over 1,000 acres of the property that is used for cattle grazing. <br /> Several Council Members offered comments and made inquiry about the project to which <br /> Mr. Hendrickson, Director Kern and Maija Jackson responded, as to the property's original zoning as <br /> it pertains to the General Plan, conversation easements, what else is being done on the property by <br /> each owner, and what could be done with this property after this bill passes. <br /> Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions is in accord with the purpose and intent <br /> of Bill No. 52, and recommends its passage on first reading, <br /> w b <br /> AYES NOES ABS Ex Respectfully submitted, <br /> EVANS X <br /> GALIMBA X COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE <br /> INABA X APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS <br /> KAGIWADA X <br /> KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X <br /> KIERKIEWICz X HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR <br /> KIMBALL X <br /> LEE LOY X LAAO REPORT NO.: 23 <br /> VILLEGAS X ADOPTED: JUL 0 6 2023 <br />