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Murashige, Laura
From: nellie medeiros (nellie88@hotmail.com] C
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 4:10 PM ".^7 ~~I~
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Cc: Pilago, K. Angel
Subject: TESTIMONY for June 5 Council Meeting
Importance: High
Attached please find testimony for the June 5 Hawaii County Council Meeting regarding Bill 246.
Mahalo.
Clarence & Nellie Medeiros
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Ref. To,
Rel. Uate
6/5/2006
DATE: June 5, 2006
TO: Hawaii County Council
FROM: Clarence A., Jr. & Nellie Medeiros
SUBJECT: Opposition to Bill 246
We oppose Bill 246 that proposes amendments to the subdivision code relating to
the information required for the submittal of a subdivision application. The Planning
Dept. has had a longtime practice of accepting incomplete applications and has admitted
that their past practices have not been correct. If Bill 246 is passed, it will give the
Planning Director even greater discretion in continuing this unacceptable practice.
The County is currently in a predicament that clearly demonstrates what happens
when the County loosens its restrictions on subdivision approvals.
In September 1982, the County effected a lease agreement with McCandless
Properties for the Waiea Refuse Station in South Kona. A 2.282 acre piece was
subdivided out of a larger parcel of land for the site and the lease expired on March 31,
1995. The County has continued the operation of the refuse station on a month-to-month
basis ever since. The County is interested in purchasing the site or effecting a long-term
lease for the continued use of the site. So the Dept. of Environmental Management
contacted McCandless Properties asking for proof of clear title since we communicated
information to the County that the title to Waiea was clouded, McCandless Properties
were not the exclusive owners, and that future discussions involving the Waiea Transfer
Station involve all the indispensable parties. Without identification of the owners by a
title report or by quiet title, the required identification and notification of the land owners
is not satisfied as per Section 23-63(7) of the Hawaii County Subdivision Code nor have
their required consents been obtained.
This situation has now become a major issue because of the Planning Dept.'s
longtime practice of accepting incomplete subdivision applications that have not met all
the requirements of the subdivision code. The passage of Bill 246 will only perpetuate
practices that puts the County at risk and if allowed to continue, will make the Waiea
Transfer Station situation more the standard than the exception.
Please vote against the passage of Bill 246.