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REPORT OF THE
<br /> LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE
<br /> DATE: July 9, 2024 Re: Comm. No. 915/Res. No. 546-24
<br /> PLACE: Council Chambers
<br /> Hilo, Hawai`i
<br /> TIME: 9:30 a.m.
<br /> Council Chair and Members
<br /> Hawai`i County Council
<br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
<br /> Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Resolution
<br /> No. 546-24, reports as follows:
<br /> Resolution No. 546-24, transmitted by Council Member Cindy Evans, via Communication No. 915,
<br /> dated June 6, 2024, authorizes the Director of Finance to enter into negotiations for the acquisition of
<br /> lands and conservation easements for all or a portion of the properties identified by Tax Map Keys:
<br /> 6-2-001:018, 019, 051, 074, 075, 088, 089; 6-2-002:006; 6-2-007:001; 6-4-001:032, 053, 054, 060, 114,
<br /> 146, 155, 999; 6-5-003:001, 002, 004, 005, 031, 044, 045; 6-5-004:007, 012, 015, 025, 056, 063, 099,
<br /> 108; 6-5-005:001, 009, 018, 020, 021, 023, 025; 6-5-009:102; 6-6-001:002, 010, 038, 050, 077;
<br /> 6-6-003:006, 007, 010, and 013, situated in the Ahupua'a of Lalamilo, District of South Kohala,
<br /> utilizing the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund.
<br /> The County seeks to acquire approximately 90 acres of trail easements for the Ke Ala Kahawai `o
<br /> Waimea community project, which acquisition would occur in six major increments designed to span
<br /> from the town of Kamuela to the shoreline south of Kawaihae, and eventually connect into the Ala
<br /> Kahakai National Historic Trail system. The acquisition of trail easements is listed as priority number
<br /> three in the 2023 Annual Report of the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation
<br /> Commission.Commission.
<br /> Finance Property Manager Hamana Ventura was in attendance and responded to inquiries from several
<br /> Committee Members regarding the process and scope of the project.
<br /> Committee Member Cindy Evans gave an overview of the property and surrounding area, and gave
<br /> information about the historic trail, and stated that the area is going through major changes, and that
<br /> obtaining this trail is timely. Several Council Members expressed support.
<br /> LAAC Report No. 65
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