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0'V U.N Harry Kim William I'akaba Mayor I>u'ccior Nancy E. Crawford Uepurr I)o,eaor ~t1 OsM~+ County of Hawaii Finance Department 25 Aupuni Street, Room I18 • Hilo, Hawai1 96720 (808)961-8234 • Fax(808)961-8248 April 12, 2006 Stacy K. Higa, Chairman and Members of the Hawai'i County Council Hawai'i County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 Re: The Kunieda ARC Local Redevelopment Authority The SFC Minoru Kunieda U.S. Army Reserve Center (Kunieda Reserve Center), located at 470 W. Lanikaula Street, has been selected by the Department of Defense as part of the 2005 round of base realignment and closure (BRAC) due to the anticipated construction of a multicomponent, multifunctional Armed Forces Reserve Center on the Keaukaha Military Reservation. The Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment has advised the County of Hawai'i to form a local redevelopment authority in anticipation of this realignment and closure. Under applicable base closure regulation, a local redevelopment authority must be comprised of broad-based community representatives and representatives of jurisdictions with zoning authority who will be tasked with developing a comprehensive redevelopment plan based on local needs and the exploration of feasible alternatives for the reuse/redevelopment of the Kunieda Reserve Center. The Kunieda Army Reserve Center (ARC) Local Redevelopment Authority, once recognized by the Department of Defense, through the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), and designated as the local redevelopment authority for the Kunieda Reserve Center, will prepare a reuse plan as required under base closure law and regulation to serve as the primary planning document that will establish the vision for base redevelopment, articulating community goals that will guide the planning process and identify economically and environmentally feasible land uses for the base redevelopment program, including balancing the needs of the homeless with other community development objectives. The Kunieda ARC Local Redevelopment Authority will also be eligible to receive economic adjustment assistance funds for operation and reuse planning from the OEA. Enclosed is a resolution authorizing the Mayor of the County of Hawai'i to form a local redevelopment authority, to be known as the Kunieda ARC Local Redevelopment Authority, for the base realignment and closure of the Kunieda Reserve Center. The resolution also requests for the Department of Defense, through the Office of Economic Rau, 3~a- ors) Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Comm. No. V Ref. To: Ref. Gate