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COUNTY OF HAWAII -STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 124 03 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF 1.112 ACRES, MORE OR LESS (FOR THE KEA`AU COMMUNITY CENTER) FROM W.H. SHIPMAN, LIMITED, SITUATED AT KEA`AU, DISTRICT OF PUNA, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAII, TAX MAP KEY (3) 1-6-143-41 TO THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. WHEREAS, W.H. SHIPMAN, LIMITED, a Hawaii corporation, is the owner of a parcel containing an area of 1.112 acres, more or less, located in Kea`au, County and State of Hawaii, specifically identified as Tax Map Key (3) 1-6-143-41, being more particularly described in the attached dedication deed and delineated on Exhibit "B" attached hereto; and WHEREAS, W.H. SHIPMAN, LIMITED is desirous of dedicating the subject parcel, including all improvements thereon, to the County of Hawaii for a community center, which parcel has been subdivided out in compliance with Chapter 23, Hawaii County Code as certified by the County of Hawaii Department of Public Works, Department of Water Supply and the Planning Department; and WHEREAS, the subject parcel and its facilities have since at least 1983 housed senior programs for the County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation, Elderly Activities Division, and are the only public community facilities open to public reservation and use in the Kea`au Area; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Department of Parks and Recreation is advised of the proposed dedication, and has plans and funding for continuing its use as a community center and making necessary repairs and improvements, and recommends acceptance of it; and WHEREAS, Article XIII, SecCion 13-12 of the Hawaii County Charter, provides that the Council may accept gifts which include the dedication of land, on behalf of the County of Hawaii;