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6�J~LY C N�I�'' • COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 149 13 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO NEGOTIATE A LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY, SITUATED AT WAIAKEA, SOUTH HILO, COUNTY AND STATE OF HAWAII, ADJACENT TO ONEKAHAKAHA BEACH PARK, WITH HE OLA HOU 0 KE KUMU NIU BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i is the owner of that certain real property parcel adjacent to Onekahakaha Beach Park, described as Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-014:036 ("Parcel"), situated at Waiakea, South Hilo, County and State of Hawai`i, delineated on Exhibit "A" attached hereto; and WHEREAS,the HE OLA HOU 0 KE KUMU NIU, a not-for-profit organization, desires to lease the Parcel from the County, for development and maintenance of a Hawaiian Cultural Center for public education and display that will include crafts of drum and canoe carving; and WHEREAS, the facility will be used to teach healthy life skills and ways of interaction through Hawaiian cultural practices, and to instill mental, physical, and spiritual well-being within the Hawaiian community, family, and individuals; and WHEREAS, Section 2-120(a)(2) of the Hawai`i County Code provides that the Council of the County of Hawai`i may, by resolution approved by a majority of its members, direct the Finance Director to negotiate the lease of real property to nonprofit organizations, at such rentals and on such terms and conditions as deemed proper; and WHEREAS, Section 2-120(b) provides such lease of real property to nonprofit organizations may be made without the notice or appraisal as required by Chapter 2, Article 19, of the Hawai`i County Code; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that under Chapter 2, Article 19, Section 2-120(a)(2) of the Hawai`i County Code, the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to negotiate a ten(10) year lease of the Parcel (with additional renewal options of one (1) year increments) with HE OLA HOU 0 KE KUMU NIU, a not- for-profit organization, without notice or appraisal, for the real property identified as Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-014:036. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the Honorable William P. Kenoi, Mayor of the County of Hawai`i, is hereby authorized to execute said lease agreement on behalf of the County of Hawai`i following its approval by the Council as noted herein.