HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 449 Draft 01 2020-2022A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE STEWARDSHIP GRANT TO FRIENDS OF AMY B.H. GREENWELL ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN.
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, 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 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 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 HAWAI‘I, 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 _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
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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.