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• <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I :•��`:_''"_''/ • STATE OF HAWAII <br /> . 7TE OF•N4' <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 517 24 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY BY <br /> EMINENT DOMAIN OF TAX MAP KEY NO. (3) 8-6-008:011, SITUATED AT WAIEA, <br /> DISTRICT OF SOUTH KONA, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAI`I, FOR <br /> CONTINUED USE OF THE WAIEA RECYCLING AND TRANSFER STATION BY <br /> THE SOLID WASTE DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> MANAGEMENT. <br /> WHEREAS, Kealia Ranch LLC ("Seller") along with other identified and unidentified <br /> parties, owns approximately 2.282 acres of land in Waiea, District of South Kona, covered by <br /> Tax Map Key No. (3) 8-6-008:011; and <br /> WHEREAS,the County currently leases the subject parcel to operate the Waiea <br /> Recycling and Transfer Station; and <br /> WHEREAS, the subject parcel has been prioritized for acquisition by direct purchase by <br /> the County through the Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division, for <br /> continued use as a solid waste recycling and transfer station; and <br /> WHEREAS, due to a cloud on title, direct purchase from only one owner via a quit claim <br /> deed is not in the County's best interest; and <br /> WHEREAS,the County does not have the ability to accomplish a thorough title search <br /> and identify and serve all possible owners; and <br /> WHEREAS,the County's exercise of a condemnation suit can simultaneously serve as a <br /> quiet title action; and <br /> WHEREAS, such acquisition requires approval by the Hawai`i County Council; and <br /> WHEREAS, the County has determined the fair market purchase price of the property by <br /> obtaining an independent appraisal, of two hundred forty-seven thousand and no/100 dollars <br /> ($247,000.00); and <br /> WHEREAS,the acquisition of the subject parcel, which will not result in a change to <br /> existing operations, has been determined to be exempt from the environmental assessment <br /> requirements of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, section 343(b)(5), and notice of such has been <br /> published in The Environmental Notice on August 8, 2023, by the Environmental Review <br /> Program, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, State of Hawai`i; and <br /> WHEREAS,the acquisition of the subject parcel is deemed to be for a public purpose <br /> and its intended continued use is in alignment with the Solid Waste Division's goal of providing <br /> convenient household solid waste and recycling services for the residents of the District of South <br /> Kona on the Island of Hawai`i; now, therefore, <br />