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Honorable Maile David, Chairwoman and Members of the Hawai'i County Council June 3, 2022 Page 2 content of the grant applications relative to their perceived eligibility pursuant to DPR's understanding of the applicable language of the County Charter, especially those referenced in the preceding paragraph. The recommendations provided are based on DPR's evaluation/assessment of the grant applications as well as our understanding of the County's management responsibilities and the best practices considerations for the corresponding PONC lands. Each application was reviewed independently, and care taken to ensure that applications were not compared to, or pitted against, one another. Please accept the following submitted in no particular order: j 3 3 Organization: Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden (" H ") POMC Land: (3)8- -013:002, 003, 014; 014:043; and 015:059 [Gardens] Conservation Easement& Public Access; Acquired 2019 Amount Requested: $191,609 (Total Project Cost: $279,326) s3 FABHGEG's proposal, as we understand it, consists of the following objectives: 1. Plant preservation, restoration, mapping and maintenance at parcels 013:002, 013:003, and 013:013. 2. Restoration of various buildings at parcels 013:002, 013:003, and 013:014to include driveway/access improvements, conversion of existing cesspool to an approved IWS, conversion of Amy Greenwell's former home to an education and caretaker's facility, and tenting treatment of all facilities for termites. i 3. Provision of COVID-19 PPE, cleaning supplies and monthly contracted cleaning services for uses associated with parcels 013:002, 013:003, and 013:014; funding of general liability policy premiums and contracted accounting/bookkeeping services for FABHGEG for all 5 parcels. 4. Fencing at parcels 013:002, 013:003 and 014:043 for various purposes that include, but are I not limited to demarcation of property lines, public safety, trespass prevention, establishing i varying levels of access at certain areas, and feral pig control/exclusion. Review of FABHGEG's objectives, as presented in its business plan, project description and budget details informed the following assessments: 1. Objective#1 appears to qualify under criteria (3), (4) and (16). 2. Objective#2 appears to qualify under criteria (1), (6), (10) and (12). 3 3. Objective#3 does not appear to qualify under any of the prescriptive criteria with the exception of the contracted monthly janitorial services that would qualify under criterion (10). The purchase of masks and gloves, cleaning supplies and hand sanitizer are not directly related to the maintenance and preservation of the lands or easements as required by the Charter or County Code. 4. Objective#4 appears to qualify under criteria (1), (2), (3) and (8). Given the above, it is my recommendation that the Friends of Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens will be able to complete the entirety of its proposed project, except for the reservations noted in #3 above, in accordance with the project description submitted and in adherence to the conditions governing the PONC Maintenance Fund. ;i i 1 i (This space intentionally left blank—continued on next pag 3 County of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. =i 3 �i I i