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WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 113-99 on
<br />September 9, 1999, which authorized the Finance Director todispose/exchange former
<br />Hamakua Sugar Company, Inc. properties with properties listed in that resolution;
<br />however, no disposition and/or transfer was ever completed; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 161-02 on
<br />January 24, 2002, which directed the Finance Director or authorized representative to
<br />proceed with the sale by auction or negotiations for land exchange on avalue-for-value
<br />basis, of so much as may be necessary of the former Hamakua Sugar Company, Inc.
<br />lands now under County ownership; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 209-02 on
<br />June 19, 2002, which further approved of and directed the Finance Director or authorized
<br />representative to proceed with the sale of the subject properties through sale by
<br />negotiation, as long as the public interest demands it, pursuant to Section 2-114(a),
<br />Hawaii County Code, in addition to other previously authorized methods of disposition;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 60-07 on March 9, 2007,
<br />which requested postponement of the pending sale by auction of TMK's: 4-3-07:01, 4-3-
<br />09:19, 4-3-09:24, 4-3-11:01 and 4-3-11:02, Pa'auilo, Hamakua, Hawaii until formulation
<br />of a land disposition plan to meet affordable housing needs; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Resolution No. 202-07 on May 16, 2007,
<br />in which the Council requested that the Mayor abandon the public auction of the
<br />Hamakua lands in Pa'auilo identified as of TMK's: 4-3-07:01, 4-3-09:19, 4-3-09:24, 4-3-
<br />11:01 and 4-3-11:02; and
<br />WHEREAS, the County Council adopted Bill No. 36, Draft 4 creating the County
<br />operating budget for Fiscal Year 2009-10, which was further signed into law by the
<br />Mayor on June 10, 2009 and identified as Ordinance 09-64, and which contained an item
<br />for revenue from Sale of Real Property in the amount of $8,210,000; and
<br />WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article 19, Sections 2-112 and 2-113 of the Hawaii County
<br />Code provide that the Council may, by resolution approved by a majority of its members,
<br />direct the Director of Finance todispose of real property in fee simple by public auction
<br />or sealed bids, respectively; and
<br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County Council to sell so much of these
<br />properties as is necessary to insure the revenue needs of the County are met and to
<br />return the former Hamakua Sugar Company, Inc. lands to the tax rolls and to a more
<br />productive use;
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
<br />OF HAWAII, through its authority under Sections 2-112, 2-113, of the Hawaii County
<br />Code, that it approves of and directs the Finance Director or authorized representative to
<br />proceed with the sale by auction or sale by sealed bid, of so much as may be necessary
<br />of the former Hamakua Sugar Company, Inc. lands now under County ownership which
<br />are delineated on the list labeled Exhibit "A".
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