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SUZANNE D.CASE <br /> DAVID Y.IGE CHAIRPERSON <br /> GOVERNOR OF HAWAII 0.., BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> COMMISSION ON WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT <br /> andf� ROBERT K MASUDA <br /> 04, Hi1rCU ft ,� FIRST DEPUTY <br /> Big <br /> �T <br /> v �� +t M.KALEO MANUEL <br /> .T �y:q:j�� DEPUTY DIRECTOR-WATER <br /> 0 <br /> STATE OF HAWAII AQUATIC <br /> RECREATION BOATING AND R <br /> AND OOCCREATION <br /> sr DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ON WATTERRRESOURCECMANAGEMENT <br /> dte of HaN°� <br /> CONSERVATION AND COASTAL LANDS <br /> POST OFFICE BOX 6ZI CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT <br /> ENGINEERING <br /> HONOLULU,HAWAII 96809 FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE <br /> HISTORIC PRESERVATION <br /> KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION <br /> LAND <br /> STATEPARKS <br /> December 13, 2019 <br /> EXEMPTION NOTIFICATION <br /> Regarding the preparation of an environmental assessment pursuant to Chapter 343, HRS and <br /> Chapter 11-200.1, Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) <br /> Project Title: Authorize the Issuance of a Request for Qualifications/Request for <br /> Proposals for Lease of Improved Public Land. <br /> Project/ Reference No.: PSF No. 17HD-028. <br /> Project Location: Waiakea, South Hilo, Hawaii, Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-005: 033, 034, <br /> 035 and 045. <br /> Project Description: The subject property is currently improved with a 146-room hotel <br /> under month-to-month Revocable Permit No. S-7905 to Tower <br /> Development, Inc. for security and property management purposes. <br /> The Department of Land and Natural Resources intends to issue a <br /> Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposals (RFQ/RFP) for a new <br /> long-term lease of the property for hotel and/or apartment purposes. <br /> The lessee selected through the RFQ/RFP process would then be able <br /> to demolish, renovate, or partially demolish and partially renovate the <br /> existing structures on the land consistently with the exemption classes <br /> and item numbers referenced below. <br /> Chap. 343 Trigger(s): Use of State Land <br /> Exemption Class No. In accordance with HAR Section 11-200.1-15 and the Exemption List <br /> and Description: for the Department of Land and Natural Resources reviewed and <br /> concurred on by the Environmental Council and dated June 5, 2015, <br /> the subject request is exempt from the preparation of an environmental <br /> assessment pursuant to Exemption Class No. 1 that states, <br /> "Operations, repairs or maintenance of existing structures, facilities, <br /> equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no <br /> expansion or change of use beyond that previously existing," Item 47 <br /> that states, "Leases of state land involving negligible or no expansion <br /> EXHIBIT C <br />