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<br />WilOkabe <br />Managing Director <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444Fax (808) 323-4440 <br />June 8, 2017 <br />Ms. Suzanne Case, Chairperson <br />Board of Land and Natural Resources <br />P.O. Box 621 <br />Honolulu, HI 96809 <br />Dear Ms. Case and Members of the Board, <br />RE:Testimony regarding Saleof General Lease at Public Auction for <br />Hotel-Resort Purposes; Authorization for Staff to Prepare and <br />Publish a Request for Interest in a Long-Term Disposition of State- <br />Owned Lands,Wai <br />Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-005:033, 034, 035, & 045 <br />Hearing: June 9, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. <br />not authorizethe public auction <br />of a three-year general lease of the above-described property for the following reasons: <br />1)We strongly believe that the subjectproperty cannot be safely occupied, especially <br />for those purposes offered by the proposed three-year general lease, and for those <br />1 <br />reasons highlighted in the Erskine Report. To emphasize the County’s position <br />regarding the life-safety concerns of this property, we have taken the initiative to <br />the next week or so to further validate the findings of the Report. We will gladly <br />share this information with the Board. <br />2)We have obtained credible information that there is at least one party interested in a <br />long-term lease of the subject property, potentially offering the scope of <br />improvements and services that this area deserves, and needs. This being the <br />case, we fail to see thevalue of a short-term lease that would preclude the prompt <br />consideration of long-term solutions and opportunities that could return the property <br />to its rightful place as an asset to the Banyan Drive peninsula, a goal clearly desired <br />by the Banyan Drive Hawhich should be <br />pursued without any further delay. <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br />