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COUNTY OF HAWAII •� �' /�•• STATE OF HAWAII CF•H RESOLUTION NO. 2" 17 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF AN EASEMENT ON AND OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY BY EMINENT DOMAIN OF A PORTION OF TAX MAP KEY NO. (3) 9-3-001-006, SITUATED AT PAKINI IKI, DISTRICT OF KA`U, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAII, FOR AN EXPANDED MICROWAVE RADIO TOWER SITE. WHEREAS, the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop is the fee simple owner of real property situated at Pakini Iki, District of Ka`u, Island and County of Hawai`i and State of Hawai`i, identified as Tax Map Key Number No. (3) 9-3-001-006 (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i ("County") presently has a microwave radio tower site on a portion of the Property as shown on Exhibit "1" attached hereto and made a part hereof, which is a critical part of the County's emergency and first responder network that is essential for public health and safety; and WHEREAS, the County needs to expand its present microwave radio tower site because the existing radio tower on site has become badly corroded and the County urgently needs to build a new tower to replace the corroded existing tower on site, using the expanded microwave radio tower site shown on Exhibit "2" attached hereto and made a part hereof("Improvements"); and WHEREAS, the County needs the expanded site for the Improvements so that it can maintain the existing corroded radio tower on site as operational until the new radio tower is ready to become operational in order to minimize the disruption of the County's emergency and first responder network; and WHEREAS, the Improvements will require the County to acquire an easement on and over the portion of the Property consisting of the expanded microwave radio tower site as shown on Exhibit "2" attached hereto and made a part hereof, consisting of approximately 2,150 square