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COUNTY OF HAWAII :•_�� =.'/ • STATE OF HAWAII <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 256 12 <br /> A RESOLUTION ALERTING THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL <br /> RESOURCES PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE <br /> DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE <br /> ACQUISITION OF THE WAIKAKU`U FOREST PARCELS (TMKS: 8-7-008: 002, 033 <br /> AND 034) IN THE AHUPUA'A OF WAIKAKU`U, SOUTH KONA, PURSUANT TO <br /> CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 42, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION,AS <br /> AMENDED). <br /> WHEREAS, three parcels of land (TMKs: 8-7-008:002, 033, and 034; "parcels") are <br /> located approximately between the 96 and 97 mile markers mauka of the Mamalahoa Highway <br /> (Hawai`i Belt Road) in Waikaku`u, South Kona district and just below the South Kona Forest <br /> Reserve; and <br /> WHEREAS, there is great urgency to acquire these parcels which are for sale or at the <br /> least, notify the property owners of the Council's interest in acquiring the parcels, notify the <br /> Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission that these special <br /> lands are under threat of imminent development due to a subdivision designed to be constructed <br /> in a manner to destroy a portion of the watershed in an area of critical habitat for indigenous and <br /> endangered species of both plants and animals, and impede a possibly unmapped Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodway in violation of federal laws; and <br /> WHEREAS,the Kona Community Development Plan states as an environmental <br /> resource objective: <br /> "Objective ENV-3: Fiscal Commitments to Open Space. To affirm the <br /> commitment that expenditures for open space management are just as important as <br /> investments in hard infrastructure (e.g., water, sewer, and roads)"; and <br />