Summary
The county wants to buy 0.41 acres from the LDS Church to fold into the adjacent Kaʻehu conservation area, but the Mayo ʻohana says the church never held clear title and their ancestors never gave the land away. The committee put the purchase on hold pending family-administration talks.
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Last discussed Mar 10, 2026.
Impact analysis
The purchase would use $500,000 in Open Space Fund money, with the acquisition itself capped at $480,000.
Supporters say conservation of shoreline open space benefits the whole community; the Mayo ʻohana says the land should return to the family.
The Mayo ʻohana says acquiring land they claim by ancestry would disregard their genealogical rights and ancestral burials.
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