HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 316 Draft 01 2022-2024A 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 MALAMA O PUNA TO
SUPPORT FOOD SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES IN THE BLACK SANDS BEACH COMMUNITY GARDEN.
WHEREAS, Malama O Puna is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, volunteer service organization whose mission is to provide community resources to maintain a safe and healthy community through environmental
education, hands-on projects, advocacy, watchdogging, and land trusting; and
WHEREAS, Malama O Puna continues to serve as fiscal sponsor for the Keiki Garden Project by the Black Sands Beach Community Garden, an exclusively community-driven and maintained gardening
initiative designed to increase awareness and agency around food security and sustainability in Puna; and
WHEREAS, the garden project provides food insecure residents with fresh, nutritious foods at low or no cost and cultivates gardening skills in Puna keiki, serving as a living, edible
laboratory that fosters healthy eating habits and environmental stewardship; and
WHEREAS, the Keiki Garden Project is geared towards providing youth with education and hands-on experience related to gardening techniques and ongoing maintenance, thus imparting values
of patience, discipline, hard work, and sharing as well as caring for ‘ohana and community; and
WHEREAS, Malama O Puna is requesting funds to cover expenses relating to garden expansion efforts including the procurement of catchment tanks, cinder, fruit trees, mulch, pesticides,
transportation costs for garden participants, and materials and supplies for the Keiki Garden Project; and
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Department of Research and Development is to support sustainable agricultural practices by promoting educational opportunities designed to build skills
and capacity in the farm community; 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 Malama O Puna to support food sustainability initiatives in the Black Sands Beach Community Garden.
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:
$4,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91
Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief
$4,500
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22
Department of Research and Development
Agriculture R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(Malama O Puna – Black Sands Beach Community Garden)
$4,500
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
EVANS
GALIMBA
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
KAGIWADA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
ATTEST:
KIMBALL
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.