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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 AHUPUAʻA OF ʻUPOLU, 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 Hawai‘i; 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 Hawai‘i, due to its historical use for shoreline access for sugar hauling, fishing, camping,
and Native Hawaiian cultural practices; and
WHEREAS, the County of Hawai‘i 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 HAWAI‘I 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.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i; the Honorable Elizabeth Strance,
Corporation Counsel; Deanna Sako, Director of Finance; Zendo Kern, Planning Director; Stephen Pause, Director of Public Works; and David Siegenthaler, Regional Program Manager, Federal
Lands to Parks program, United States Department of the Interior; Melia Lane-Kamahele, Manager, National Park Service, Pacific Islands Office; the Honorable Debra Haaland, United States
Secretary of the Interior; the Honorable Jill N. Tokuda, United States Representative; the Honorable Mazie Hirono, United States Senator; and the Honorable Brian Schatz, United States
Senator.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
_______________________________________
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
EVANS
GALIMBA
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KAGIWADA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
ATTEST:
KIMBALL
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.