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WHEREAS, having the option to designate a portion of the district fuel tax revenue to be utilized in a grant in aid program allows for home rule in the distribution of fuel tax revenues as well as providing thousands of residents that live in government approved private subdivisions the benefit of their fuel tax contributions; and WHEREAS, this option would grant the Hawai`i County Council the choice of designating a portion of the fuel tax allocation to help provide funding support to legitimate non - profit organizations through a grant -in -aid program, which would serve thousands of island residents that pay in to the fuel tax system but fail to get the intended maintenance benefit; and WHEREAS, an ad hoc committee will be formed by the Hawaii County Council by a separate resolution to set forth the process, general criteria, and qualifications of the grant -in -aid program, and shall submit its recommendation(s) to the full Council for approval and implementation; and WHEREAS, concurrently the ad hoc committee may suggest language to the State Legislature to amend HRS §243 -6 by adding a new item (9) to read as follows: "Highway funds from the County of Hawai`i fuel tax may be allocated by the Hawaii County Council through an ordinance for a grant -in -aid program for use by a private non - profit corporation road maintenance fund. Funds shall be used by such corporations in a manner consistent with (2) above."; and WHEREAS, this authority to set aside a portion of the county fuel tax allocation would apply to all districts in the entire County of Hawaii; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`l, that the approval of this resolution authorizes the option to designate a portion of fuel tax revenues to be utilized for a grant -in -aid program for nonprofit organizations for the purpose of road maintenance on private streets and roadways. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the council shall set forth the general criteria to qualify for the grant -in -aid road maintenance program and shall oversee the awarding of the grant applications. Criteria could include: nonprofit 501(c) (2), (3) or (4) or other government status deemed appropriate by the Hawaii County Council; roadway must serve a minimum amount of residential lots; documentation that a specific percentage of the residents living on the roadway agree to accepting funding for maintenance of the private roadway; priority funding to organizations that provide community matching funds; and other criteria deemed necessary by the Hawai`i County Council. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that organizations that receive funding through this grant -in -aid program shall provide a complete financial reporting of the expenditures to the Hawai`i County Council no later then one -year after the grant has been awarded. 2