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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 529 Draft 01 2020-2022A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO HAWAI‘I ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FOR EXPENSES RELATED TO THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF KEAU‘OHANA STATE FOREST RESERVE.  WHEREAS, Hawai‘i Environmental Restoration is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to help restore the natural integrity of Hawai‘i’s environment; and  WHEREAS, the Keau‘ohana State Forest Reserve in Puna is the largest and most intact lowland rainforest below 1,000 feet in elevation remaining in the State of Hawai‘i; and  WHEREAS, Hawai‘i Environmental Restoration is urgently working to protect the Keauʻohana State Forest Reserve from threats of invasive species, development, and climate change with a primary focus on the restoration and preservation of Hawai‘i’s precious, rare, and endemic species such as the uluhe fern, ‘ōhiʻa, ʻohe, and haʻiwale; and  WHEREAS, Hawai‘i Environmental Restoration is requesting funds to purchase equipment for the conservation and preservation of Keau‘ohana State Forest Reserve; and  WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports the development of a local economy that is diverse, stable, and in balance with Hawai‘i’s ecology, community character, and cultural heritage; and  WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai‘i County Code, Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore,  BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to Hawai‘i Environmental Restoration for expenses relating to the conservation and preservation of the Keau‘ohana State Forest Reserve. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai‘i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: FUND: General       AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION:  $5,800       OUT AND FROM:    010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief $5,800      CREDITED TO:    010.161.5161.22 Department of Research and Development $5,800   Agriculture R&D OCE    115 Misc. Contract Services    (Hawai‘i Environmental Restoration – Equipment for Conservation and Preservation)    BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Research and Development and Director of Finance, and that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution. 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.