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February 22, 2018 <br />Page 2 <br />During Hawail County's last General Plan review in 2005, we took information <br />from a study being done by USGS, which was an i itial effort in the direction of <br />identifying 1AL, but it did not include the level of research required for true 1AL based on <br />Act 183 and was not intended to substantiate going public with a petition to the LUC. <br />In consideration of the above, we request amendments to SB 2168 regarding the <br />following: <br />The preamble of SB 2168 talks about identifying IAL "within sixty months <br />of receipt of state funds." The sixty month timeframe was called for in Act 183 <br />(2005) but should be deleted; or if it must remain, triggered by petition of a <br />county to the state to accept the funds, which must e approved by the <br />appropriate County Council. <br />2. While any state contribution to the IAL effort is always welco ed, the <br />amount of money proposed in SB 2168 would be only a fraction of what is <br />needed statewide. In consideration of what the other counties have spent on <br />their IAL efforts, we respectfully request that the total sum be increased to at <br />least $2 million. <br />3. Although evenly splitting the funds among the counties may appear <br />equitable, the cost of such a study is tied more closely to the amount of land <br />studied and the number of parcels/landowners that will require review, <br />consultation and coordi ation. We thereby request that you consider dividing the <br />funds based on a percentage of state land use agriculture lands in each county, <br />rather than dividing them equally. We would add that, to be fair, we would <br />support the use of appropriated funds to reimburse the other counties for IAL <br />efforts they have concluded or currently have in process. <br />Res ectfully submited, <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor, County of Hawaii <br />County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employe-. <br />