HI HR114

Urges Kamehameha Schools to extend Hawaii Kai farm leases for at least ten additional years, as approximately 80 acres of farmland leases expire in July 2025.

Requests Kamehameha Schools hire a septic tank contractor, amortize costs over twenty-five years, and bill farmers for three years of septic tank usage instead of requiring upfront payment of approximately $35,000 per farmer.

Notes that most Hawaii Kai farmers are in their seventies with low incomes and will lose their homes, barns, and structures without compensation when leases expire.

Contends that Kamehameha Schools' cesspool capping requirement constitutes a punitive "end-of-lease penalty" rather than an EPA imperative, since the deadline would not be until 2050 if cesspools were not classified as "large."

Directs that certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to Kamehameha Schools / Bishop Estate.