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HRS §206E-202

Creating the Heeia district and its boundaries

This section creates the Heeia community development district and describes its exact boundaries using tax map keys. It also makes the authority the local redevelopment agency, with duties to consult with certain groups, help land users, coordinate with agencies, build infrastructure, and support sustainable and culturally appropriate projects.

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The statute, as written — District established; boundaries

(a) The Heeia community development district is hereby established. The district shall include that area within the boundaries described as follows: the southern boundary begins at the southern property line of tax map key number (1) 4-6-16:001 and runs west to Kahekili Highway and east to Kamehameha Highway. The northern boundary begins at the northern property line of tax map key number (1) 4-6-16:001 and runs west to Kahekili Highway and east to Kamehameha Highway. The tax map key numbers are (1) 4-6-16:001 and (1) 4-6-16:002 (owned by the authority), and (1) 4‑6‑16:004, :011, :012, and :017 (owned by various owners of kuleana parcels). (b) The authority shall serve as the local redevelopment authority of the district to facilitate culturally appropriate agriculture, education, and natural-resource restoration and management of the Heeia wetlands, in alignment with the Honolulu board of water supply's most current "Koolau Poko Watershed Management Plan" and the city and county of Honolulu's most current "Koolaupoko Sustainable Communities Plan". In addition to any other of its duties under this chapter, the authority shall: (1) Consult with the following persons and entities: (A) Recorded landowners in the district; (B) Recorded landowners in section 6 of zone 4 of the first tax map key division; (C) Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club; (D) Kailua neighborhood board; (E) Kahaluu neighborhood board; and (F) Kaneohe neighborhood board, to implement activities related to and supportive of cultural practices, agriculture, education, and natural-resource restoration and management; (2) Assist land users to manage their properties and implement activities related to and supportive of cultural practices, agriculture, education, and natural-resource restoration and management; (3) Work with federal, state, county, and other agencies to ensure that infrastructural support is provided for the district; (4) Develop the infrastructure necessary to support the implementation of the Heeia community development district master plan; and (5) Provide, to the extent feasible, maximum opportunity for the restoration and implementation of sustainable, culturally appropriate, biologically responsible, or agriculturally beneficial enterprises.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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