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„~v or <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> yih~~.M'.M <br /> 08 ;j7 BILL NO. zzs <br /> ORDINANCE NO. (>~tt 3) <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 36, HAWAII COUNTY CODE <br /> 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), RENAMING AND REDEFINING THE <br /> GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION PROGRAM TO THE GEOTHERMAL RELOCATION <br /> AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS PROGRAM. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Article 36, Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as <br /> amended), is amended to read as follows: <br /> "Article 36. Geothermal Relocation and Community Benefits Program. <br /> Section 2-177. Establishment. <br /> The planning department is hereby authorized to establish a geothermal <br /> relocation and community benefits program for the relocation ofowner-occupants <br /> residing near the Puna Geothermal Venture's plant and who want to be <br /> permanently relocated, and to fund expenditures for the benefit of Lower Puna, as <br /> defined herein, includine, but not limited to, road improvements, water <br /> infrastructure development, land acquisition, narks and recreational facility needs, <br /> civil defense and mass transit imnrovements. <br /> Section 2-178. Purchase and sale of affected properties. <br /> Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the planning director is <br /> hereby authorized to purchase the affected properties by negotiation for not more <br /> than one hundred thirty percent of the assessed value, as determined by the real <br /> property tax division of the department of finance and dispose of the affected <br /> properties by public auction or pursuant to article 19 of chapter 2, with the <br /> exception of the requirement for council resolution found in section 2- <br /> 111(1). <br /> Section 2-179. Creation of geothermal relocation and community benefits <br /> [rt~elv~i~g] fund. <br /> Pursuant to section 10-12, Hawaii County Charter, [a] the special <br /> fund [te-be] known as the geothermal relocation revolving fund is <br /> hereby [c-rested] renamed the eeothermal relocation and community benefits fund. <br /> This fund shall be administered by the planning department. [Pt+~~~eds-resei~ed <br /> ..,1 ?L.e „e„ti «el t.. F...,,1:.,,. ?1,:.....rt:..le ..l,,.ll l.e .lee..,.. e,l :..a,,.l <br /> t.. a7.....,.,.N.,,«...,.1 «el......t:..., « .,.1..:.,.. F..«A l <br /> <br />