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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 558 Draft 01 2020-2022 A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND STEWARDSHIP GRANT TO NORTH KOHALA COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER. 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 Hawai‘i County 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 funding for stewardship projects; and WHEREAS, North Kohala Community Resource Center is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the number of successful community projects that benefit North Kohala through education, training, and bridges to funding, and it has currently supported over 75 community projects; and WHEREAS, Kohala Lihikai is under the umbrella of North Kohala Community Resource Center and has submitted a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application to continue providing land stewardship and cultural education for the Pao‘o, North Kohala property identified as tax map key (3) 5-7-001:005; 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 for this project to the Director of Parks and Recreation; and WHEREAS, the project at Pao‘o, North Kohala, proposed by North Kohala Community Resource Center and Kohala Lihikai, is one of the Maintenance Fund stewardship grant applications that the Director of Parks and Recreation evaluated in Communication No. 844, which was submitted to the Council for its consideration on June 3, 2022; and WHEREAS, in Communication No. 844, the Director of Parks and Recreation’s recommendation is that North Kohala Community Resource Center will be able to complete its project in accordance with the project description submitted and in strict adherence to the conditions governing the Maintenance Fund; and WHEREAS, awarding a stewardship grant to North Kohala Community Resource Center and Kohala Lihikai will allow it to: (1) conduct community-based, supplemental archaeological work to develop a preservation plan for Pao‘o, (2) install interpretive signs to educate the public and increase stewardship actions, (3) work with local students to identify, prioritize, and implement stewardship actions, and (4) mitigate wildfire hazards by pruning kiawe trees, removing wood fuel, and weed-whacking grasses and groundcovers; and WHEREAS, the project proposed by North Kohala Community Resource Center and Kohala Lihikai will benefit the community-at-large and leverage partnerships to maintain a healthy stewardship of the Pao‘o property, which was acquired in 2010 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, a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant shall be awarded to North Kohala Community Resource Center in the amount of $34,898. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to Section 10-16(g) of the Hawai‘i County Charter, funds from the stewardship grant awarded by this resolution shall be used for public safety maintenance and preservation of the Pao‘o, North Kohala property acquired through the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, identified as tax map key (3) 5-7-001:005. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Parks and Recreation and Director 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.