2025-02-18 Jackson M. Bauer Testimony

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APPENDIX D Excerpted Language from the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail Memorandum of Understanding Note: It is critical that dGP2045 contain specific reference and compliance requirement within the Alo Kohokoi National Historic Troil Memorandum of Understanding. The MOU requires the parties to the MOU to meet in September 2025 to discuss whether or not any terms of the MOU should be updated or amended MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, STATE OF HAWAII,AND THE COUNTY OF HAWAII FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT, PROTECTION AND PUBLIC USE OF ALA KAHAKAI NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is entered into, by and between the United States Department ofthe Interior National Park Service, ("NPS") the State of Hawaii,by Its Department of Land and Natural Resources, ("DLNR") and the County of Hawaii ("County")for the purpose of managing the Ala Kahakai Natk:>nal Historic Trail(Trail). ARTICLE II:AUTHORITY A. National Trails System Act of 1968, as amended ("the Act")(16 USC 1241-1252), B. Hawaii Constitution Art. IX, section 8,Art. XI, sections 1, 2 and 9,Art. XII, section 7; Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS)Chapters 6E, 115, 171,183C, 184, 198D, 205A, sections 1-1, 7-1, 46-6.5, 46-12, 226- 11, 264-1; Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) Chapters 13-130, 13-146, 13-221, 13-275 to 13-284, and 13-360; as may be applicable C. Hawaii County Code, Chapters 25 and 34 ARTICLE III:STATEMENT OF WORK D. The appropriate County Departments agree to: 1. Through the County Planning Department: a. Continue to enforce county and state laws requiring public access to and along the shoreline as a condition of land use approvals and coastal zone management issues. These trails may become official components of the Trail. b. Require that permit applbants identify any historic trails and routes that will be required to be preserved as part of the land use permitting process and that may become part of the Trail. Such geospatial information and supplemental documentation shall be in formats utilizing current industry standards for collection, compilation, processing, analysis and archiving (including Federal Geographic Data Committee [FGDC]compliant metadata). This data and information may be made available by the County for incorporation into official Trail records and documentation.