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<br />DOMINIC YAGONG <br />Council Member <br />, Council District I <br /> <br /> <br />Phone: (808) 961-8264 <br />Fax: (808) 961-8912 <br />Email: dyagong@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> <br />Mailing Address: <br />(Former County Building) <br />25 Aupuni Street <br />Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 <br /> <br />Hawai'i County Council <br />County of Hawai 'i <br /> <br />Business Address: <br />333 Kilauea Avenue, Second Floor <br />Ben Franklin Building <br />Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 <br />r"'>.) <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Z <br />c::::') <br />c::::: <br /> <br />8", <br />~>d <br />~~i <br /> <br />1,!:i"-"""fI!{* <br /> <br />..t: <br /> <br />:n <br />m <br />,..... <br />t~t< <br /> <br />November 3, 2009 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />J Yoshimoto, Chair <br />and Members of the Hawai'i County Council <br /> <br />FROM: Dominic Yagong, Council Member ~ <br /> <br /> <br />-0 <br />:::3 <br />~ <br />N <br />C.....) <br />c.n <br /> <br /><;: <br />fTl <br />o <br /> <br />RE: Proposed Amendments to Resolution 216-09 <br /> <br />Please find attached proposed amendment to Resolution 216-09. The amendment would add the word <br />"and" after the semicolon in the eighth WHEREAS, and add six (6) WHEREAS clauses, prior to the <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED clause to read as follows: <br /> <br />"WHEREAS, it is the desire of the County Council to sell so much of <br />these properties as is necessary to insure the revenue needs of the County are met <br />and to return the former Hamakua Sugar Company, Inc. lands to the tax rolls and <br />to a more productive use; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the sixteen (16) properties delineated in EXHIBIT "A" totals <br />up to 737.302 acres and would be the largest and most significant countv owned <br />land sale transaction attempted by the County Finance Director and Mayor ofthe <br />County of Hawai'i; and ' <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in March of2005, the County of Hawai'i sold 660 acres of <br />public lands in Hamakua for $1.6 million. During the same 2005 year, the selling <br />price of the 660 acres was listed for $4.9 million. In February of2007, the same <br />property selling price rose to $6.9 million. Today, the former public lands selling <br />price is $12.5 million, which is a 681 % increase over the asking price of the <br />County ofHawai'i; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the people of the County of Hawai'i have the right to provide <br />public input into the long-term disposition of property owned by the residents of <br />the Big Island as well as insuring a fair and equitable price for any public land <br />holdings; and <br /> <br />COIl\IJl. No. ~. <br />Ref. To: i'"n C <br />Ref Date NOV 0 4 '2.009 ~ <br />..... --.. <br /> <br />Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island <br />Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />