GOOD NEWS SINCE LAST FRIDAY THRU THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK:The Legacy Land Commission ranked Pao'o #1 out of the 10 applications for funding presented to them on Monday, Dec. 7. This assures that the County's application for $945,000 will be recommended for approval. Ken Van Bergen, Property Manager for the County of Hawaii confirmed that the County ranked Pao'o #2... and maybe is now #1 because of some complications in the negotiations and appraisals with the Kawa'a Bay parcel which was ranked #1. He confirmed that the County committed $960.000 to purchase the Pao'o parcel and summarized the County's application for the matching funds of $945,000 which would allow the County to meet the price of $1.905,000 negotiated between them and the owner.Trust for Public Lands (TPL) application for matching funds to acquire the Lapakahi piece (Reisch's parcel) was ranked #1 nationwide for the Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program. TPL requested $1.25 million as matching funds for the $1.25 million which we secured via the State Legacy Land Conservation Program. We were able to provide supportive Kohala style community-based testimony when they met a few months ago. Hopefully, the Pao'o funds will be further approved by the Speaker of the House and the Senate President then the Board of Land and Natural Resources and finally the Governor. And hopefully, all the work that went into acquiring Lapakahi and Pao'o can be repeated and sustained for Kaiholena and for other areas in Kohala ie: Kanamee? Kukuipahu?Hapu'u? Kapanaia?County of Hawaii has secured funds for 1/2 of Kaiholena (3 of 6 parcels on the North side of the area) it's now in escrow. The link provided is a sample of the area I'm talking about. We wanted the entire area, but we'll take what we can for now....SMILE http://kaiholenanorth.com/MAHUKONA DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGED http://www.nhlchi.org/highlights9.htm
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  • It is very sad that here in our efforts we are "purchasing" land taken illegally by titles "clouded". However, these purchases are all funding not coming from our pocket. My take is that I can not sit and wait. By the grace of Ke Akua we are moving forward with keeping "open space" raw land in our district of North Kohala aka: Kohala. We continue to be in preservation of "The Native Hawaiian/Kanaka Maoli". We are nothing without 'aina. We are one with 'aina....
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