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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 307 Draft 01 2020-2022 A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND STEWARDSHIP GRANT TO HO‘OMALU KA‘Ū. WHEREAS, Section 10-16 of the Hawai‘i County Charter establishes a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Fund (hereinafter “Maintenance Fund”) “to preserve the land, promote public safety, and maintain a healthy stewardship”; and WHEREAS, Section 10-16(h) of the Charter provides that the Maintenance Fund may be used for a stewardship grant program, which allows 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations to apply for grant-in-aid project funding; and WHEREAS, Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a stated mission of its project committee, Kahua ‘Olohū, “to support and guide a community-managed wahi pana of Ka‘ū based on the cultural, spiritual and educational practices and protocols of our ancestors”; and WHEREAS, Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū submitted a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application to continue providing land stewardship and cultural education for the Kahua ‘Olohū, Kaunāmano, Ka‘ū property; and WHEREAS, during its September 9, 2019 meeting and pursuant to Section 2-217 of the Hawai‘i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Commission forwarded a positive recommendation of the project applied for by Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū to the Director of Parks and Recreation; and WHEREAS, the project proposed by Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū was one of five Maintenance Fund stewardship grant applications that the Department of Parks and Recreation Director evaluated in Communication No. 267, submitted to the Council on May 7, 2021; and WHEREAS, after requesting and receiving an amended budget plan from Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū, the Department of Parks and Recreation Director then issued Communication 267.2 to the Council on December 15, 2021, recommending that the organization has the ability to complete the proposed project in compliance with the Charter, as planned for in its application; and WHEREAS, awarding a stewardship grant to Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū will allow it to clear the 13-acre parcel and acquire equipment for long-term maintenance; and WHEREAS, this grant will also assist Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū with its implementation of an ultimate goal to prepare the land for cultural education and malama ‘āina stewardship towards a vision of future Makahiki events being held at this site; and WHEREAS, the project proposed by Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū in its Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application benefits the community-at-large and leverages partnerships to maintain healthy stewardship of properties acquired through the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that, pursuant to Section 10-16(h)(1) of the Hawai‘i County Charter, the Council hereby approves a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Stewardship Grant be awarded to Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū in the amount of $24,275. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to Section 10-16(g) of the Charter, funds from the grant awarded by this resolution shall be used for public safety maintenance and preservation of the Kahua ‘Olohū, Kaunāmano, Ka‘ū property acquired through the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, identified as tax map key (3) 9-5-012:005. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Director of the Department of Finance. Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___. INTRODUCED BY: _______________________________________ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hawai‘i ROLL CALL VOTE    AYES NOES ABS EX   CHUNG       DAVID       I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________. INABA       KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER       KIERKIEWICZ       KIMBALL      ATTEST: LEE LOY       RICHARDS       VILLEGAS              Reference:  COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.