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COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: July 19, 2022 Re: Comm.No. 853/Res.No. 446-22
PLACE: Council Chambers
Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i
TIME: 10:03 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawai`i County Council
Hilo,Hawai`i 96720
Your Committee on Finance,to which was referred Resolution No. 446-22,reports as follows:
Resolution No. 446-22,transmitted by Council Member Holeka Goro Inaba via
Communication No. 853 dated June 20, 2022, awards a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural
Resources Preservation Maintenance Fund stewardship grant to Kohanaiki `Ohana.
This resolution approves a grant of$24,880 to Kohanaiki `Ohana, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization,
to protect,preserve, and restore the `O`oma Beach property in North Kona, pursuant to
Section 10-16(h) of the Hawai`i County Charter.
Mr. Inaba provided background on the resolution and asked for the other members' support.
Committee Member Maile Medeiros David thanked former council member Karen Eoff and the
Kohanaiki `Ohana for their work on the measure.
Committee Chair Matt Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder and Committee Member Rebecca Villegas both
provided comments in support of the measure.
Pursuant to Section 10-16(h), an award of a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources
Preservation Maintenance Fund stewardship grant shall be by Council resolution.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 446-22, and
recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG X
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON FINA'. CE
INABA X
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL x MATT KANEALI`I- LE ELDER, CHAIR
LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X FC ' PORI NO.: 166
VILLEGAS X ADOP . P. AUG 0 3 2022