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COUNTY OF HAWAII :. STATE OF HAWAII +rf OF•N' RESOLUTION NO. 328 23 A RESOLUTION URGING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY (3) 5-6-001:062, KNOWN AS OLD COAST GUARD ROAD, AND OTHER ADJACENT FEDERAL LANDS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, SITUATED IN THE AHUPUA`A OF `UPOLU, DISTRICT OF NORTH KOHALA. WHEREAS, the Old Coast Guard Road, identified as Tax Map Key (3) 5-6-001:062, is a surplus property of the United States Department of the Interior, and eligible for dedication to the County of Hawaii; and WHEREAS, the North Kohala Community Development Plan lists the Old Coast Guard Road as a priority to secure public access to the Honoipu/Puakea portion of the Ala Kahakai trail system; and WHEREAS, Honoipu is included as a priority in the 2022 Annual Report of the Public Access, Open Spaces, Natural Resources Preservation Program's list of qualifying lands worthy of preservation; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i's acquisition of Old Coast Guard Road will provide safe and legal public access to culturally significant sites, including the Mo`okini Heiau and birth site of Kamehameha I, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places; and WHEREAS, preservation of the Old Coast Guard Road is also in the interest of the County of Hawaii, due to its historical use for shoreline access for sugar hauling, fishing, camping, and Native Hawaiian cultural practices; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii has previously acquired and maintains other low- volume roads of a similar type in the vicinity of Old Coast Guard Road; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby urges the Mayor to enter into negotiations for the acquisition of the Old Coast Guard Road and other adjacent federal lands, as may be required, in connection with the federal disposal of the Old Coast Guard Road, and that the road be transferred in a fair condition.