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N�.;.. e L i • • �Idik COUNTY OF HAWAII -• ��"; '�`• STATE OF HAWAII �Oi N►.., ,. • RESOLUTION NO. 33 1.4 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF TAX MAP KEY (3) 5-5-015:042, KNOWN AS THE BANYAN TREES PARK AREA IN NORTH KOHALA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 2,ARTICLE 42 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED). WHEREAS, Chapter 2, Article 42 of the Hawai`i County Code established the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; and WHEREAS, Section 2-215 of the Hawai`i County Code established the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission ("the Commission"); and WHEREAS, Section 2-217 of the Hawai`i County Code provides, in pertinent part, that the Commission's first duty and responsibility is, "To develop and submit to the mayor, an initial island-wide prioritized list of qualifying lands worthy of preservation...Priorities shall be listed on an island-wide rather than district basis."; and WHEREAS, on December 27, 2013, the Commission submitted its 2013 Annual Report to the Mayor citing the purchase of the Banyan Trees Park Area in North Kohala as a key priority; and WHEREAS, Communication No. 704 from the Mayor, dated February 20, 2014, recommends that the Council accept the prioritized list as presented by the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Banyan Trees Park Area is currently available for purchase, and the current owners would prefer to sell to the County, honoring the community's desire to preserve this area as a park and village green area; and WHEREAS, the level of urgency for purchasing this property is high, because the current owners must sell immediately due to financial constraints, or begin development of the property in July 2014; and