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REPORT OF THE <br />LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE <br />DATE: November 14, 2023 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai `i <br />TIME: 10:00 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 569/Res. No. 337-23 <br />Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions, to which was referred Resolution <br />No. 337-23, reports as follows: <br />Resolution No. 337-23, transmitted by Council Member Michelle Galimba, via Communication <br />No. 569, dated October 19, 2023, awards a Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources <br />Preservation Maintenance Fund Stewardship Grant to the Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell <br />Ethnobotanical Garden. <br />This resolution approves a grant of $171,370 to the Friends of Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical <br />Garden, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to continue providing land stewardship and cultural <br />education for properties in Kealakekua (Tax Map Keys: 8-2-013:002, 003, 014; 8-2-014:043 and <br />8-2-015:059), pursuant to Section 10-16(h) of the Hawaii County Charter. <br />Council Member Galimba explained briefly about the educational benefit of the gardens and asked <br />council members for their support. <br />Pursuant to Sections 10-16(g) and (h) of the Hawaii County Charter, maintenance fund stewardship <br />grants may be awarded by resolution for the public safety maintenance and preservation of properties <br />acquired through the Public Access, Open Space, and Natural Resources Preservation Fund. <br />Your Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions is in accord with the purpose and intent <br />of Resolution No. 337-23, and recommends its adoption. <br />b <br />AYES I NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted, <br />EVANS X <br />GALIMBA X COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE <br />INABA x APPROVALS AND ACQUISITIONS <br />KAGIWADA X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X <br />KIERKIEWICZ X HOLEKA GORO INABA, CHAIR <br />KIMBALL X <br />LEE LOY X LAAC REPORT NO.: 41 <br />VILLEGAS x ADOPTED: DEC 0 6 x.023 <br />