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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0140.015 2002-2004 ~tv or rr~ Harry Kim ~,c ~ William Takaba Mn~'or Uireclor t• Nancy E. Crawford ar Depuly~Direolor pr ..:M'.~ O Count of Hawaii ~ Y o~ ~ ~ Finance Department C O_ 25 Aupuni Sb'eet, Room 118 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 ~ 1-+ 1808)961-8234 Fax (ROR1961-8248 CD May 19, 2003 ~ ~ ~ ~ ' :Ti ~ o G Honorable James Arakaki, Chairperson and ~ ~ Members of the County Council - w Hawaii County Council 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Amending the Proposed Operating Budget for FY2003-04 The Planning Department has just been informed that the State of Hawaii, Hawaii Tourism Authority has awarded the County with a $60,000 grant for its Hawaii Island Open Space Heritage Network project. These funds are to be budgeted in next fiscal year's budget and will be used towards the planning of the proposed Kohanaiki Coastal Park. We kindly request that the Council amends the Mayor's Amended Operating Budget for FY 2003-2004, submitted on May 5, 2003, to include this grant by creating the General Fund revenue account, numbered 3305.32, and the expenditure account, numbered 010-151- 5141.54, both titled "Open Space Heritage Network". If at this time, the Council elects not to amend the proposed FY 2003-04 budget, we will submit the resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Hawaii Tourism Authority along with the bill to appropriate these grant funds in early July. If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call me. 1.1 William Takaba Director of Finance PROVED: Har im Comm. No. I~'1~ Mayor Ref. 7c~era-n e~nzea~,pll~ht~T 4?.•f. Uate t~H~ 1 y Z~O~ Enc. cc: Planning Mf V or M Harry Kim ~,c~ ~ Christopher J. Yuen Mgyor ~ Director r Roy R. Takemoto Deputy OtreClor y~oi~M~ County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Aupuni Cenmr 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilq Hawaii 96720 Phone (808)961-8288 Fax (808)961-8742 To: William Takaba, Finance Director From: Chris Yuen CC: Jane Testa, R&D Director Date: May 15, 2003 ~ Re: Request to Amend FY 2003-04 Budget We just received a grant from the State Hawaii Tourism Authority (see attached award letter). Che Department of Research & Development applied for the grant on our behalf. We request an appropriation for this grant. The grant information are as follows: Name of Grant: Planning for Proposed Kohanaiki Coastal Park (Note: The name of the grant as approved by the HTA is "Hawaii Island Open Space Heritage Network". The original grant application proposed to do an islandwide open space plan with Kohanaiki as a pilot implementing project. The amended application reduced the scope to just the Kohanaiki project due to HTA~s limitation on funding availability. We will leave it up to you whether the title for the requested appropriation should conform to the grantor's project reference orto a more accurate description ofthe project). Origination of Funds: State funds. Grantor: Hawaii Tourism Authority. Grant Period: HTA's award letter did not specify the grant period, and we have not yet received the contract. We expect to spend the funds by December 2003. If you have any questions, you may call Roy Takemoto. 19AWPWIN60ARoy T\BudgenHTA appcopriatioadoc Hl~y-06-03 OS:Z3pm Fiom-HI Tu1lPl tl~ kUTHOPITY 9732253 T-B91 P 01/~I F-435 q ' P : ~ 4' olp6y `y7 ~ y yb \ a LINDA LINGLE ~ ,~,,,.~.e. REX D. JOHN50N Hawaii Tourism Authority nraHaoro ena cnpn anco, ~a'•• ' ~1' Hawail Convention Center. 1801 Nalakaae Avenue. Honolulu. Hawuli 96815 Telapbonn, 160tl) 9'3-2255 `O,~yb,~pp y~v.~ Wabsite: www hawail.pov/lounsm Fax. (60H) 9]s 2253 May 2, 2003 Ms. Jane Higa Testa, Director Department of Research and Development County of Hawaii 25 Aupuni Street, Room 219 Hilo. Hawaii 96720 Dear Jane: We are very pleased to inform you that the County of Hawaii has been awarded $60,000 to support your "Hawaii Island Open Space Heritage Network" project. Additionally, the project you submitted on behalf of the YWCA of Hawaii Island entitled "Old Volcano Trail Restoration" was awarded $55,000. We are very excited about this new Natural Environment Program and look forward to working with you to implement your project. The contract between the HTA and the County is currently being drafted, and will be forwarded to you as soon as it is available. To assist in this contracting process, as the County project award is significantly less than your original request, would you please submit a revised budget reflecting the HTA award of $60,000 to us by May 7, 2003? Jane, as discussed with you and my staff, we feel the Open Space Heritage Network is worthy of future participation by the HTA, and we look forward to working with you to explore options for a continued partnership on this project. -thank you once again for your enthusiastic support of this program. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact either Muriel Anderson at 973-2269 or Robbie Blane at 973-2262. Sincerely, Rex D Johnson President and Chief Executive Offcer c: Cynthia Albers. YWCA of Hawaii Island