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r, COWNTY OF HAWAIIISTATE OF G ,TE•Of.NP,� SOLUTION NO. 449 22 A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL SOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND STEWARDSHIP GRANT T FRIENDS OF AMY B.H. GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN. WHEREAS, Section 10-16 of the Hawaii County Charter establishes a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Fund (hereinafter"Maintenance Fund") "to preserve the land,promote public safety, and maintain a healthy stewardship"; and WHEREAS, Section 10-16(h) of the Charter provides that the Maintenance Fund may be used for a stewardship grant program, which allows 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations to apply for grant-in-aid project funding; and WHEREAS, Friends of the Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to support Hawaiian cultural traditions of land use and plants and conserving the plant resources of traditional Hawaiian cultural activities as well as to ensure the continuance of this national treasure as an ethnobotanical garden; and WHEREAS, Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden submitted a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application to continue providing land stewardship and cultural education for the properties situated in Kealakekua, District of South Kona(TMK: (3) 8-2-013:002, 003, 014; 014:043 and 015:059), which were acquired via the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund after adoption of Resolution No. 155-19; and WHEREAS, during its September 13, 2021, meeting and pursuant to section 2-217 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended),the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission forwarded a positive recommendation of the projects applied for by Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden to the Director of Parks and Recreation; and WHEREAS, Communication No. 844, issued by the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on June 3, 2022, submitted for the Council's consideration nine applicants for stewardship grants for various properties that have been acquired by the County using the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; and WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation in Communication No. 844 recommends that Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will be able to complete its project in accordance with the project description submitted and in strict adherence to the conditions governing the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Fund; and WHEREAS,the Council finds that awarding a stewardship grant to Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will allow it to continue its ongoing plant preservation, restoration, mapping and maintenance as well as restoration of various buildings which will include driveway improvements, conversion of cesspool to septic system, conversion of Greenwell's former home to an education and caretaker's facility, tenting of all facilities for