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_ , REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE DATE: April 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 758/Res. No. 290-06 PLACE: Council Chambers TIME: 10:28 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 290-06, reports as follows: Resolution No. 290-06, transmitted by Council Member Bob Jacobson, via Communication No. 758, dated March 13, 2006, authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with C. Brewer & Company, Limited, for the County's purchase of the Na`alehu Pazk and Community Center identified by Tax Map Key (3)9-5-021-023 consisting of 6.409 acres for $1,200,000 to be placed in an escrow account towards the cost of installing sewer lateral connections in Na`alehu and Pahala and acceptance of the donation by C. Brewer and Company, Limited, of five other pazcels consisting of 6.877 acres, which have a value of $610,000 to the County of Hawaii in gratitude to the County of Hawaii for the assumption and implementation of the proposed Na`alehu and Pahala wastewater sewer systems, with no further liability or responsibility for the systems by C. Brewer and Company, Limited. This measure states the agreement is for the acceptance of cash proceeds and land as final compensation by C. Brewer and Company, Limited, to implement the Na`alehu and Pahala Wastewater Sewer Systems Project, to assist in the financing for installation of residential hook- ups to sewer lateral connections and to release C. Brewer from any and all future liability. It also states that this is a new resolution seeking to accomplish broader goals than Resolution 108-OS (Draft 2) by increasing the amount of cash proceeds and by adding five additional parcels of land to the overall agreement. The donation of land consists of 6.409 acres and is identified by TMK: 3-9-5-021-023 for recreational purpose, and approximately $280,000 in an escrow account for the purpose of assisting in financing the cost of installing house sewer lateral connections to the proposed sewer systems. Also, C. Brewer & Company will have no further responsibility or liability in the implementation and completions of the wastewater sewer systems. Resolution No. 290-06, Draft 2 was referred to Your Committee, dated Apri14, 2006, from Council Member Bob Jacobson. Draft 2 prepazed by Corporation Counsel to clazify wording in the NOW, THEREFORE clauses 1. (a), 2. (a), (b), and (c) Your Committee heard testimony in favor to the measure from Richazd Baker Jr., Jerome Warren, Wallace Ishibashi, Greg Gauthier, and George Martin. FC REPORT NO. 283