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rP,?'•~G COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII •'~.w..N''!~r BILL NO. zz5 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 36, HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RENAMING AND REDEFINING THE GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION PROGRAM TO THE GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 36, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Article 36. Geothermal Relocation and Community Benefits Program. Section 2-177. Establishment. The planning department is hereby authorized to establish a geothermal relocation and community benefits program for the relocation ofowner-occupants residing near the Puna Geothermal Venture's plant and who want to be permanently relocated, and to fund expenditures for the benefit of Lower Puna, as defined herein, including, but not limited to, road improvements, water infrastructure development, land acquisition, parks and recreational facility needs, civil defense and mass transit improvements. Section 2-178. Purchase and sale of affected properties. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the planning director is hereby authorized to purchase the affected properties by negotiation for not more than one hundred thirty percent of the assessed value, as determined by the real property tax division of the department of finance and dispose of the affected properties by public auction or pursuant to article 19 of chapter 2, with the exception of the requirement for council resolution found in section 2-111 1 . Section 2-179. Creation of geothermal relocation and community benefts fund. [r<"~sr Pursuant to section 10-12, Hawaii County Charter, a special fund [te-be] known as the geothermal relocation revolving fund is hereby renamed the geothermal relocation and communit benefits fund. This fund shall be administered by the planning department. [