These meetings have been ongoing with the US Coast Guard, Department of Parks and Rec, State DHHL, State Department of Land and Natural Resources, Councilmember Holmes, and other affected agencies. The letter has been drafted, but since Mayor Harris is out of town, it could not be approved. The letter states that the City would like to take over the Haiku Stairs and is interested in Haiku Valley. Once the USCG responds to the letter of intent, we can start moving. The project gets a little complicated when we discuss ownership of the Omega Station and Haiku Stairs.
Some land is ceded.
Some land is purchased fee simple. Some land is leased by USDA for a quarnatine station. Some land is used for H-3 and its access roads. So on and so forth. But the working group is aware of all the players and just gathering as much info as possible.