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A RESOLUTION TO AWARD A PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND STEWARDSHIP GRANT TO HO‘OMALU KA‘Ū.
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 for properties purchased via the Public Access,
Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, which allows 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations to apply for grant-in-aid project funding for stewardship projects; and
WHEREAS, Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a stated mission of its project committee, Kahua ‘Olohū, “to support and guide a community-managed wahi pana of Ka‘ū based
on the cultural, spiritual and educational practices, and protocols of our ancestors”; and
WHEREAS, Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū submitted a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant application to continue providing land stewardship and cultural education for the Kahua ‘Olohū, Kaunāmano, Ka‘ū
property, which is situated in in the District of Ka‘ū (TMK: (3) 9-5-012:005), and acquired via the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund after adoption
of Resolution No. 287-15; and
WHEREAS, during its September 12, 2022, 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 Finance; and
WHEREAS, Communication No. 1077, issued by the Director of Finance on October 14, 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 Finance in Communication No. 1077 recommends that Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū 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 Ho‘omalu Ka‘ū will benefit the community-at-large by demonstrating that maintenance fund monies can be utilized to preserve
the land, promote public safety and maintain 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 COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that, pursuant to Section 10-16(h) of the Hawai‘i County Charter, a Maintenance Fund stewardship grant shall be awarded to Ho‘omalu
Ka‘ū in the amount of $26,675.
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 Kahua ‘Olohū, Kaunāmano, Ka‘ū property acquired through the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund, identified as tax map key (3)
9-5-012:005.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director 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.