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~il M f t f:' J U~ illP Ui 1~ [F~ th~~'ei` Y \Pl Qi F&f :,°::.~.j:'r~ p7,~!raaeY;t tti, 1"?li~Nr~,c~ 4je °i µp~ - - E'Fettte(~Uio-ectoi Countp of IaWai`lf (DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 101 Pauahi Street, Snite 6- Hilo, Haivan 96720 (808) 961-8311 - Fax (808) 961-8411 September 19, 2006 Mr. Riley W. Smith, P.E. Vice-President, Land & Asset Management Parker Ranch 67-1435 Mamalahoa Highway Kamuela, Hawaii 96743 Dear Mr. Smith: Subject: Trail Easements at Parker Ranch Lands for the Waimea Trails & Greenways Project (Job No. P-3596) Trail Easements A, 5A and 7 at TMK (3)6-5-03:005 (Por.), 6-6.03:008 (Por.) & 6-6-01:038, respectively, Kamuela, South Kohala, Hawaii The purpose of this letter is to determine the combined value of the subject easements and to request your assistance in presenting the proposed easements to the Board of Trustees for their consideration and acceptance. In October 2003, our consultant, Landscape Images, Inc., produced an appraisal prepared by the Lawrence Appraisal Group for the original trail easement requests over lands held by Parker Ranch. Following this, in response to your request for more current figures, Lawrence Appraisal Group revisited its original appraisal and adjusted the values for elapsed time and current market conditions. This supplemental report, dated July 3, 2006 was transmitted to you previously as was the original appraisal. Originally, the trail easements, labeled 5, 6 and 7, totaled approximately 4.209 acres of land over the three subject parcels. Following this report, we reviewed the alignment, terrain and scope of the proposed easements relative to the needs and impacts of the trail's design and use. We also looked further at the character of the subject parcels resulting from the placement of the easement and assessed the need for greater flexibility in trail alignment and the potential for greater connectivity to public ways along the trail. Accordingly, we met with you and requested your consideration in entertaining various augmentations of the proposed easement areas to include a segment of trail required for continuity that was previously overlooked (at Lanakiia Park), to eliminate isolated pockets and segments of land, to better respond to the difficult terrain and preferred alignment of the trail, and to simplify management (for both the County and Parker Ranch) and control of the easements' boundaries. In concurrence with the results of that meeting, we are now proposing revised trail easements over the three subject parcels relabeled Easements A, 5A and 7 totaling approximately 8.467 acres.