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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION COMMISSION IDENTIFY THE
COASTAL LANDS OF `O`OMA II, IN THE DISTRICT OF NORTH KONA, COUNTY
OF HAWAII,AS NUMBER ONE ON THE PRIORITIZED LIST OF QUALIFYING
LANDS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION.
WHEREAS, article 42, section 2-217, Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as
amended), provides, in part, that the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources
Preservation Commission shall develop and submit to the Mayor a list of qualifying lands worthy
of preservation and further, that the Commission update this list at any time, but at least annually
by December 31 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources
Preservation Commission in its 2007 and 2011 Annual Report to the Mayor included `O`oma II
in its island-wide prioritized list (hereinafter the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, in December 2011, the State Land Use Commission denied a request to
amend the Conservation Land Use District Boundaries into the Urban Land Use District for
certain lands situate at `O'oma II, consisting of approximately 181.169 acres, Tax Map Key
Numbers (3) 7-3-009:004; and
WHEREAS, the December 2011 decision of the State Land Use Commission was in
accordance with two previous requests to reclassify the property to the Urban designation, which
were also denied; and
WHEREAS, `O`oma II is one of the last available open space parcels that is in close
proximity to the growing urban center in Kailua-Kona, and contains a widely used lateral beach
access road that would be a natural continuation of the future County of Hawai`i shoreline park
at adjacent Kohanaiki; and
WHEREAS, in the last 20 years the community has worked valiantly to protect and
preserve this special piece of shoreline for the benefit of the community; and
WHEREAS, at the August 1, 2012, meeting of the Hawai`i County Council, the Council
adopted Resolution No. 276-12 with a unanimous vote, which requested that the Mayor
authorize the director of finance to enter into negotiations for the acquisition of Tax Map Key
Numbers (3) 7-3-009:004 and (3) 7-3-009:022, known as the coastal land of`O`oma II; and
WHEREAS, Mayor William P. Kenoi has indicated to the community that if the
Property is designated number one on the island -wide prioritized list of qualifying lands worthy
of preservation by the Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation
Commission, he would immediately open negotiations with the owner; and
WHEREAS, prioritization of the Property as number one will not interfere with the
purchase of properties that are currently in negotiations for purchase by the Public Access, Open
Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Public Access, Open Space and Natural Resources Preservation Commission identify the coastal
lands of `O`oma II, in the district of North Kona, County of Hawai`i, as number one on the
prioritized list of properties important to purchase.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission,
the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, and the Director of the Department of Finance.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 15th day of August , 2012.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUN C MEIVIBER, COUNTY OF AWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai`i
Hilo, Hawai`i
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 August 15, 2012
ATTEST:
UNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING ri FFI R
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