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<br /> APR-13-2007 07:38 From:PLRNT INDUSTRY DIV 8089739533 To:808 933 1521 P.8~26 <br /> Treatment Facility <br /> Cost~harting Program <br /> Page 3 <br /> The County proposes the following scope of services that can be provided by the <br /> County of Hawaii with funding support from the Hawaii Department of Agriculture: <br /> 1. The County of Hawaii will administer acost-sharing program to assist qualified <br /> nurseries and landscape companies on the Island of Wawaii to finance the construction <br /> of hot water treatment chambers for the disinfestation of plants and plant parts of the <br /> coqui frog, <br /> 2. Qualfied nurseries and landscape companies are companies that have a <br /> recorded place of business and a current Excise Tax License to conduct business, <br /> 3. The County of Hawaii will enter into agreements with qualified nursery and <br /> landscape companies to reimburse the companies up to Z5% of the approved cost of <br /> construction of facilities, not to exceed $10,000 per facility or project, that meet <br /> minimum specifications for the treatment of plants, plant parts, and other articles for <br /> Caribbean frog disinfestation. <br /> 4. Minimum specifications shall inGude the delivery of heated water at a minimum <br /> temperature of 113 dagrr~s Fahrenheit for 5 minutes within the treatment space in a <br /> manner with minimum negative effects on the market qualify of plants. <br /> 5. Approved costs are costs incurred for heaters, thermostats, controls, piping, <br /> noales, pumps and chambers for treatment facilities that are installed and fully <br /> operational for the treatment of plants for coqui frog disinfeamtion to specvfication noted <br /> above (113 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum time period of 5 minutes within a <br /> treatment chamber). <br /> 6. The County of Hawaii will utilize the support of an independent third party agreed <br /> tq by the State to verify that hot water treatment chambers perform to specification. <br /> 7. Funding for this project is proposed at a lump sum of $125,000, at no ovefiead <br /> costs applied by the County of Hawaii ko administer the program. <br /> S. A two year expenditure time period is proposed for the administering of the <br /> program from the date of execution of a contrdct with the Hawaii Department of <br /> Agriculture. <br /> Cn~nty MHawxi i is Equal (1pM+rtnniry Ptovidor oud Emptrrycn <br /> <br />