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SOLUTION NO. 449 22
A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL
SOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND STEWARDSHIP GRANT T
FRIENDS OF AMY B.H. GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN.
WHEREAS, Section 10-16 of the Hawaii 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, Friends of the Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is a 501(c)3
nonprofit organization whose mission is to support Hawaiian cultural traditions of land use and
plants and conserving the plant resources of traditional Hawaiian cultural activities as well as to
ensure the continuance of this national treasure as an ethnobotanical garden; and
WHEREAS, Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden submitted a
Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application to continue providing land stewardship and
cultural education for the properties situated in Kealakekua, District of South Kona(TMK: (3)
8-2-013:002, 003, 014; 014:043 and 015:059), which were acquired via the Public Access, Open
Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund after adoption of Resolution No. 155-19; and
WHEREAS, during its September 13, 2021, meeting and pursuant to section 2-217 of
the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended),the Public Access, Open Space, and
Natural Resources Preservation Commission forwarded a positive recommendation of the
projects applied for by Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden to the Director of
Parks and Recreation; and
WHEREAS, Communication No. 844, issued by the Director of the Department of Parks
and Recreation on June 3, 2022, submitted for the Council's consideration nine applicants for
stewardship grants for various properties that have been acquired by the County using the Public
Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation in Communication
No. 844 recommends that Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will be able to
complete its project in accordance with the project description submitted and in strict adherence
to the conditions governing the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation
Maintenance Fund; and
WHEREAS,the Council finds that awarding a stewardship grant to Friends of Amy B.H.
Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will allow it to continue its ongoing plant preservation,
restoration, mapping and maintenance as well as restoration of various buildings which will
include driveway improvements, conversion of cesspool to septic system, conversion of
Greenwell's former home to an education and caretaker's facility, tenting of all facilities for
termites, contracting cleaning services, fencing to establish various levels of access and for feral
pig control; and
WHEREAS,the Council further finds that awarding a stewardship grant to Friends of
Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden will benefit the community-at-large by
demonstrating that maintenance fund monies can be utilized to preserve the land, promote public
safety, and maintain a healthy stewardship of those properties that have been acquired using
Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation funding; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CONCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that
pursuant to Section 10-16(h) of the Hawai`i County Charter,the Council hereby approves a
Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Maintenance Stewardship Grant
to Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in the amount of$191,609 to support
the purpose of protecting, preserving, and restoring various properties.
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 Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden properties acquired through the
Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, identified as tax map keys
(3) 8-2-013:002, 003, 014; 014:43; and 015:059.
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 Hilo , Hawai`i, this 3rd day of August , 20 22 .
INTRODUCED BY:
- COUNCIL, M M EIS-rte- .'," Y OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawai`i on August 3, 2022
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
ATTEST: LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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