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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
DATE: April 18, 2006 Re: Comm. No. 758/Res. No. 290-06
PLACE: Council Chambers
TIME: 10:28 a.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 290-06, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 290-06, transmitted by Council Member Bob Jacobson, via Communication
No. 758, dated March 13, 2006, authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with C. Brewer
& Company, Limited, for the County's purchase of the Na`alehu Pazk and Community Center
identified by Tax Map Key (3)9-5-021-023 consisting of 6.409 acres for $1,200,000 to be placed
in an escrow account towards the cost of installing sewer lateral connections in Na`alehu and
Pahala and acceptance of the donation by C. Brewer and Company, Limited, of five other pazcels
consisting of 6.877 acres, which have a value of $610,000 to the County of Hawaii in gratitude
to the County of Hawaii for the assumption and implementation of the proposed Na`alehu and
Pahala wastewater sewer systems, with no further liability or responsibility for the systems by C.
Brewer and Company, Limited.
This measure states the agreement is for the acceptance of cash proceeds and land as final
compensation by C. Brewer and Company, Limited, to implement the Na`alehu and Pahala
Wastewater Sewer Systems Project, to assist in the financing for installation of residential hook-
ups to sewer lateral connections and to release C. Brewer from any and all future liability. It also
states that this is a new resolution seeking to accomplish broader goals than Resolution 108-OS
(Draft 2) by increasing the amount of cash proceeds and by adding five additional parcels of land
to the overall agreement.
The donation of land consists of 6.409 acres and is identified by TMK: 3-9-5-021-023 for
recreational purpose, and approximately $280,000 in an escrow account for the purpose of
assisting in financing the cost of installing house sewer lateral connections to the proposed sewer
systems. Also, C. Brewer & Company will have no further responsibility or liability in the
implementation and completions of the wastewater sewer systems.
Resolution No. 290-06, Draft 2 was referred to Your Committee, dated Apri14, 2006, from
Council Member Bob Jacobson. Draft 2 prepazed by Corporation Counsel to clazify wording in
the NOW, THEREFORE clauses 1. (a), 2. (a), (b), and (c)
Your Committee heard testimony in favor to the measure from Richazd Baker Jr., Jerome
Warren, Wallace Ishibashi, Greg Gauthier, and George Martin.
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Pursuant to Article XIII, Section 13-12 of the Hawaii County Charter, the Council, on behalf of
the County, may accept gifts and donations of personal property and authorized the Department
of Parks and Recreation to accept the donation of land.
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 290-06,
as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its adoption.
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