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<br /> 09/06/2008 11:18 FAX 8085889925 DHHL-LDD IM002 <br /> <br /> <br /> area <br /> • ~r <br /> LINDA LIMLE <br /> UOVIIIIN" Him" A. CAXB <br /> ""'I IV IIAWNI a }r HAWAIIAN MCHAIRMAN <br /> OMM MMMOWM <br /> Y"WYY MEN H9NDMWN <br /> PUM T9 THY MIyFMAH <br /> STATE OF HAWATT EµMANA MMX" <br /> MAIICIRN6 AIIWAnT <br /> DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME AND3 <br /> PA. BOX 1819 <br /> HONOLULU, HAWAII 968D5 <br /> September 7, 2006 <br /> The Honorable Stacy K. Higa <br /> Chair, Hawaii County Council <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Dear Council Chair Higa: <br /> <br /> Subject: Support for Bill No. 309 (Anandzrer.t E-4) <br /> <br /> The Department of Hawaiian Home L1nds (DHHL) strongly <br /> supports Bill 309 (Amendment E-4) and Pa mnin~, Director Chris <br /> Yuen's I=erim General Plan Amendment caanging all the <br /> Department of Land and Natural Resources (:LNRI :Land adjacent to <br /> the Honokohau Small Boat Harbor, includiig t1•e Kona Kai Ola <br /> project site, from "Open" to "Urban Expansion Ar<_a," <br /> <br /> DHHL entered into a long term general :,ease with Kona <br /> Marina Development Group, LLC, a slosidiary of Jacoby <br /> Development, for the c!evelopment of oui 200'-alvre parcel at <br /> Kealakeh.e. DLNR has also entered into a Devole;pment Agreement <br /> with Jacoby Development for approximately = acrres adjacent to <br /> our lands. Jacoby Development proposes a mass:e._-planned mixed- <br /> use commercial development on these combir ad 500 acres with an <br /> expanded marina and a new road to con .ect Queen Kaahumanu <br /> Highway to Kailua Village. The selection )f rzl7cby Development <br /> by both state agencies was done prior to tie Oeneral Plan being <br /> amended in February 2005. So, we encoural a the County to make <br /> the amendments to the General Plan neede3 in crder for this <br /> project to move forward successfully, <br /> As DHEfL owns most of the mauka Keal kah lands including <br /> the Villages of La'i'opua in addition t the 200-acres near <br /> Honokohau Harbor, the proposed plans for a nixed use development <br /> is an integral part of a master-planned c mmunity concept that <br />