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DOMINIC YAGONG q Phone: (808) 961-8538 <br /> Council Member y~''~ Fax: (808) 961-8912 <br /> <br /> District of HamSkua <br /> Y <br /> [':'t y' 7 ~ <br /> Iii ~i i I ;i .1. <br /> HAWAl7 COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> County of Hawaii <br /> Hawaii County Building <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> <br /> April 16, 2007 <br /> To: Pete Hoffrnamm, Chairman And Members of the Hawaii County Council <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> Re: Hamakua Lands Ad Hoc Committee Report <br /> Dear Chairman Hoffrnan and Councilmember's, <br /> The Hawaii County Council approved Resolution 60-07 entitled; <br /> RESOLUTION TO POSTPONE PENDING PUBLIC AUCTION OF HAMAKUA LANDS IN PAAUILO, <br /> TAX MAP KEYS (TMK'S) (3) 4-3-07:01; 4-3-09:19; 4-3-09:24; 4-2-11:01 AND 4-3-11:02, TO ENABLE <br /> THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL TO FORMULATE A PLAN OF LAND DISPOSITION TO HELP <br /> ALLEVIATE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS ON HAWAII ISLAND. <br /> The resolution called for the formulation of an Ad Hoc Committee that would help to formulate a plan of land <br /> disposition. The committee would be named the Hamakua Land Ad Hoc Committee (HLAHC), with <br /> Councihnember's Angel Pilago, Pete Hoffman, Brenda Ford and Dominic Yagong as members. <br /> The HLAHC gathered input from the community by facilitating meetings throughout the Hamakua District. A <br /> publicly advertised meeting was also held in Keauhou-Kona. The HLAHC was sensitive to the fact that <br /> although the lands were located in Hamakua these lands in fact belongs to the entire County of Hawaii. This <br /> led to the committee formulating a survey to provide an opportunity for island wide input via a cut out poll. <br /> This poll ran in the Hawaii Tribune Herald and the West Hawaii Today newspaper on April 11`s & 12a', 2007. <br /> The results of the community meetings and newspaper poll are attached for your review. <br /> The HLAHC recognizes that the Mayor was authorize through Resolution No. 161-02 (sale by auction, land <br /> exchange by negotiation, and short-term lease by auction, seal bids or negotiation), which was approved on <br /> January 23, 2002. The authorization by the council in 2002 was supported, in part, to address a possible $10 - <br /> 14 million dollar shortfall in the upcoming operating budget. The HLAHC also recognizes that our fiscal <br /> situation have improved considerably, as our operating budget in 2007-08 hovers at $360 million, versus a $206 <br /> million budget in 2002. <br /> Comm. Ho• <br /> Ref. Tc>R <br /> Ref. DaFe APR <br /> 1~_7 7f1(1:_- <br /> <br />