County backs eminent domain
The easement would create permanent beach access to Papaikou Mill Beach, via an eminent domain purchase.
“There’s been plenty of time to make alternate trails,” Kohala Councilman Pete Hoffmann said before voting in favor of the eminent domain resolution. “Even if this passes today, that doesn’t mean the county is racing out to purchase this property tomorrow. It allows plenty of time for (owners Jim Waugh and Charlene Prickett) to come to some arrangement.”
Miller, Erin. Hawaii Tribune Herald 22 November 2012.