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GARY SAFARIK ~ ~I,);~? COMMITTEES
Counci/memGer Public Works & Intergovernmental Relations
District V Puna Muko! Chair
Phone: (808) 961-8267 ~~r•;, w~.~,.~~,. Housing Agency
Fax: (808) 961-8912 ~rF oi'e~'~ Chair
esafarik(r~interpac.net County oj'Hawai'i Finance
Hawaii Cuunh~ Building Nice-C/wir
?5 Avpuni Street
Hilo, Haxni'i 96720
May 18, 2004
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TO: Aaron S.Y. Chung, Chair
Finance Committee ~
FROM:,,Gary Safarik, Member
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Hawaii County Council
RE: Proposed Bill 270, Drafr 2 -Preservation Fund
Attached for your consideration is a proposed Draft 2 which allows the County to
provide less than %z% of the certified real property tax revenues to be allocated to the
Preservation fund should the Mayor report a deficit pursuant to section 10-9 of the
Charter. The changes are as follows:
Section 10-12 2 In adopting each fiscal year's budget and capital budget, the council
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shall appropriate a f 1 minimum ofonghalf ercent _
[o a_ maximum_of one percent ~l of the certified real property tax revenues to a fund
known as the Public Access ORen Space and Natural Resources Preservation Fund,
provided Ihatthe Coupcil may reduce such_apgr~ration be~w one-halfp,'rG nt 1/2%n~
if at any time during_th_e fecal year the Mayor reports a defi_ci~urgpan4t~n 10-9.
This fund shall he utilized forpurchasing_or otherwise acquiring lands orproperty
entitlements and improvements in the County of Hawaii for the following purposes:
I Public outdoor recreation and education including access [o beaches and
mountains.
~ Preservation of historic or culturally important land areas and sites.
3 Protection of significant habitats or ecosystems, including buffer zones.
4 Preserving forests beaches coastal areas and agricultural lands.
5 Protecting watershed lands to preserve water quality and water supply
6 Conservingland in order to reduce erosion floods, landslides, and
runoff.
7 Improving disabled and public access to and enjoyment of, public land,
and open space.
8 Acquiring disabled and public access to public land and open space.
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