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WHEREAS, the Office of the County Clerk set a public hearing to be held on November
<br />18, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at the West Hawaii Civic Center in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; and
<br />WHEREAS, in accordance with the requirements of public notice set forth in section 12-
<br />10, Hawaii County Code, the Office of the County Clerk undertook the following steps to notify
<br />owners of properties subject to assessment as contemplated in Resolution No. 519-14 of the date,
<br />time and place of the public hearing:
<br />(1) Mailed copies of the Notice of Public Hearing (available for public inspection at the
<br />Office of the County Clerk) by certified mail to each of the 145 owners of assessment
<br />units within TMKs 7-5-003:022, 025, 026; TMKs 7-5-004:036, 047, 048, 049; and
<br />TMKs 7-5-022:053, 056, 059, 060, 062, 063, 064, 069, 071, 076, 078 to 127, 129 to
<br />171 on October 31, 2014;
<br />(2) Published the Notice of Public Hearing in two newspapers of general circulation
<br />within the County (West Hawaii Today and Hawaii Tribune Herald) twice a week
<br />for two successive weeks (on October 28, October 31, November 3 and November 6,
<br />2014), with respect to which notarized affidavits of publication have been received
<br />from such newspapers; and
<br />(3) Posted the Notice of Public Hearing on November 7, 2014, at the West Hawaii Civic
<br />Center in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the Hawaii County Building in Hilo, Hawaii;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of section 12-10(e), Hawaii County Code, the
<br />Notice of Public Hearing explicitly advised all owners of assessment units within the
<br />Improvement District that "a protest against making all or part of the proposed improvements or
<br />against the methods by which such assessments are to be made, or the inclusion of certain costs
<br />therein must be submitted in writing to be considered by the Council," and further directed that
<br />such written protests or objections were required to be mailed to the County Clerk and
<br />postmarked on or before November 18, 2014, or submitted in person prior to adjournment of the
<br />public hearing; and
<br />WHEREAS, approximately 35 residents of the Subdivision attended the public hearing;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, all persons in attendance at the public hearing were invited to offer verbal
<br />testimony relating to the Improvement District and to submit written testimony to the Office of
<br />the County Clerk for purposes of recordation and further consideration by the County Council;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, to answer any questions relating to the proposed Improvement District, the
<br />following County departmental personnel and consultants were present at the public hearing: BJ
<br />Leithead Todd, Director, Department of Environmental Management; Michael Okumoto,
<br />Treasurer, Department of Finance; and Roy Takemoto, consultant and Managing Director, PBR
<br />Hawaii & Associates, Inc.; and
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