Mainstreet Pahoa Marketing & Business Plan 1997

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A cultural affairs. . the lack of available public lands for the Pahoa communi • • ty on the island of Hawaii to develop facilities for community and recreational use an � tY d notes that one piece of property which is currently owned privately by / AMFAC JMB Hawaii Inc. (TMK (3) 1 -5 -002• .024 }, may provide lands high) suitable for the development . Y pment of such a community center which currently supports various commercial uses. Because of its strategic location in the neighborhood, th . g e State was encouraged to undertake all actions necessary to secure and reserve ' . �`Y p this parcel of land for community uses in Pahoa, and requests the State � q Department of Land and Natural Resources to enter into negotiations with AMFAC /JMB Hawaii Inc., to negotiate a value f the Ian identified , g or land exchange for lands as in the Resolution. The Resolution was amended to address the issue of ceded lands in any future land exchange, an g , d was adopted by both Houses. Over the following two years, an agreement coin . gn' d not be reached that was satisfactory to both the State and the landowner • to carry out the ob�ect�ves of this Resolution. MSPA initiated discussions with the • e Mayor of the County of Hawaxl, Steven Yamashiro regarding possible county g overnmen t options, such as condemnation r oceedi n s utilizing fair market or com parable market value for the public purpose of a community P ark complex. While the Mayor and District Councilman was supportive of the idea, a business and marketing plan or proposal was felt to be a necessary cessary fast step for any land acquisition option if for the purpose of a villa q P village park complex. MSPA then successful) applied to State Department f Y PP the • p o Business, Economic Development and Tourism's P community based economic development (CBED) program to fund the preparation of such documents. In the meantime, the County of Hawaii prepared a Small Cities P Community Development Block Grant proposal to cover the cost of land acquisition for the parcel. -Countv of HawaiL-1997-Communitv Development Block Grant a locati on. The Small Cities Community Development ty p t Block Grant (CDBG) ro ram was applied to by the County ffice of Development P g tY Housing and Community for $300,000 ac uisitxon and $100,000 for q, for completion of a Site improvement • p ement Design, completion of an environmental assessment, planning, design � S rubbin g, and on- and off-site i mprovements, for a total of $400,000. These funds were requested f o r acquisition the proposed of 180,532 sq. ft. parcel, TMK: (3)1-5-02:24, resent) "parking presently known as the Akebono Theater arkin lot". The parcel is made u of 4 sections P g "� p ns and extends beyond that portion known and used as th Akebono Theater parkin lot" and around e g d the back of the Akebono Theater, rejoining Pahoa Road at the Chevron Service S � g Station. This section fronting the main road at the Chevron Service Station has been sold. The e present parcel ends behind the last building fronting Pahoa Road, next to the Chevron Service Station.