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Home My WebLink AboutAGE LAAC 2024/01/23 (2022-2024) ACTIONS HOLEKA GORO INABA CINDY EVANS Chair and Presiding Officer JENN KAGIWADA MATT KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ MICHELLE M. GALIMBA HEATHER L. KIMBALL Vice Chair SUSAN L. K. LEE LOY REBECCA VILLEGAS COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hawai‘i County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720 COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS th 21Session ORDER OF BUSINESS West Hawai‘i Civic Center 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i January 23, 2024 10:00 a.m. Notice is Hereby Given that the Hawai‘i County Council will be conducting this meeting via interactive conference technology (ICT) pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-3.5. Council Members will be participating via ICT at the:  Hilo Council Chambers, Hawai‘i County Building, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Room 1401 Members of the public may also attend from this location. Public Attendance via Courtesy Site is available at the following locations:  Old Kohala Courthouse, 54-3900 Akoni Pule Highway, Kapaʻau; and  Pāhoa Council Office, 15-2879 Pāhoa Village Road If a courtesy site is unavailable and/or participation is disrupted, the scheduled meeting will continue. Oral Public Testimony via Zoom: To provide oral testimony via Zoom, email councilremotetestimony@hawaiicounty.gov or call (808) 961-8255 to complete the registration process and obtain meeting login information. Please contact our office to register by 12:00 noon, Monday, January 22, 2024. Submitting Written Testimony: To ensure timely delivery to Council Members prior to the meeting, written testimony must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon on Monday, January 22, 2024, by: (1) email to counciltestimony@hawaiicounty.gov; (2) facsimile to (808) 961-8912; or (3) mail to the County Clerk’s Office in Hilo at 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai‘i, 96720. All written testimony, regardless of time of receipt, will be made part of the permanent record. Please submit separate testimony for each item. Hawai‘i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer LAAC-21 January 23, 2024 CALL TO ORDER – 10:40 a.m. ROLL CALL STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS Pursuant to HRS § 92-3, oral testimony may be provided entirely at the beginning of the meeting, or immediately preceding the agenda item being opened for deliberation by the committee. ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS Res. 406-24: ACCEPTS THE DEDICATION OF ROADWAY PARCEL IDENTIFIED AS ALL OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND (BEING A PORTION OF LAND DESCRIBED IN AND COVERED BY ROYAL PATENT GRANT NUMBER 6586, LAND COMMISSION AWARD NUMBER 8689-B TO HELEANAOLE) SITUATED, LYING AND BEING AT KAPAʻAU DISTRICT, OF NORTH KOHALA, ISLAND AND COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, AND DESIGNATED AS TAX MAP KEY: 5-4-004-015 (“ACCESS ROAD”) FROM KAPAʻAU WATER WORKS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, A HAWAIʻI NONPROFIT CORPORATION The landowner seeks to dedicate the roadway and all improvements for public roadway purposes. Reference: Comm. 680 Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R) RECOMMENDED ADOPTION: Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1. Excused: None. Page 2 LAAC-21 January 23, 2024 Res. 407-24: ACCEPTS THE DEDICATION OF A ROADWAY LOT, CONTAINING AN AREA OF 54,424 SQUARE FEET, IN THE KUPULAU MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, PORTION OF GRANT 9460 TO HENRIETTA D. HOLT, BEING IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY: 2-4-076-052, SITUATED AT WAIĀKEA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH HILO, ISLAND AND COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, FROM FOLIAGE PARTNERS, A HAWAIʻI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, KUPULAU ANTHURIUM PARTNERS, A HAWAIʻI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AND ANDRAEA PARTNERS, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP The landowners seek to dedicate the roadway and all improvements for public roadway purposes. Reference: Comm. 681 Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R) RECOMMENDED ADOPTION: Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1. Excused: None. Res. 408-24: AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LANDS AND/OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY: 2-5-001:011, SITUATED IN THE AHUPUAʻA OF PUNAHOA, DISTRICT OF SOUTH HILO, UTILIZING THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND The County seeks to acquire approximately 1,052 acres of land to protect cultural and natural resources and open certain areas of the property for education, gathering, and cultural practices. The parcel is listed as priority number two in the 2023 Annual Report of the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission. Reference: Comm. 682 Intr. by: Ms. Kagiwada (Vote on Res. 408-24 is on the next page.) Page 3 LAAC-21 January 23, 2024 RECOMMENDED ADOPTION: Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1. Excused: None. Res. 409-24: AUTHORIZES THE ACCEPTANCE OF A QUITCLAIM OF REAL PROPERTY, BEING A PORTION OF GOVERNMENT HOMESTEAD ROAD AND A 30-FOOT-WIDE RIGHT OF WAY, SITUATED AT HONOMŪ, SOUTH HILO, ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, BY ITS BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES The County seeks to preserve and protect public access to the Hilo Forest Reserve. Reference: Comm. 683 Intr. by: Mr. Inaba (B/R) RECOMMENDED ADOPTION: Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1. Excused: None. Res. 410-24: AUTHORIZES THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF LAND OR A CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS TAX MAP KEY: 8-7-11:002, SITUATED IN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH KONA, ALSO KNOWN AS ‘IO LANI KEA, UTILIZING THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION FUND The County seeks to acquire approximately 46.27 acres of land to protect cultural and natural resources and preserve portions of the ala loa or Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail. The parcel is listed as priority number twelve in the 2018 Annual Report of the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission. Reference: Comm. 684 Intr. by: Ms. Galimba (Vote on Res. 410-24 is on the next page.) Page 4 LAAC-21 January 23, 2024 RECOMMENDED ADOPTION: Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Galimba, Kagiwada, Kierkiewicz, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas, and Chair Inaba – 8. Noes: None. Absent: Committee Member Kānealiʻi-Kleinfelder – 1. Excused: None. ADJOURNMENT – 11:48 a.m. Note: B/R, when listed next to the name of an Introducer, signifies that the Council Member has agreed to introduce legislation “By Request” on behalf of the requesting party. It does not necessarily signify support of or opposition to the proposal. Live stream of County Council Committee Meetings: To view the live stream of this meeting, at the scheduled meeting start time, type the following into the address bar of the browser: http://hawaiicounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1. Please call (808) 961-8255 if the Council’s streaming location is not functioning. If the Council’s stream is deemed inoperable, the following address will be provided for the live stream and should be typed into the browser: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJNalwg4OoK7a_7nGnEtGPA. 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