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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0773.050 2008-2010RESOLUTION 321 -10 Murashige, Laura rY1 m 7 73; From: Sent: To: Kathleen Nielsen [nielsenk004 @hawaii.rr.com] Sunday, April 18, 2010 6'53 PM aon 7 d y g g @co.hawaii.hi.us; dikeda @co.hawaii.hi us; Jyoshimoto @co. awau mus; donishi @co.hawaii.hi.us; enaeole @co.hawaii.hi.us; genriques @co.hawaii.h}i ps; bford @co.hawaii.hi.us; kgreenwell @co.hawaii.hi.us; phoffmann @co.haw Cc: counciltestimony @ co.hawaii.hi.us Subject: RESOLUTION 321 -10 Attachments: RESOLUTION 321 -10 PDF.pdf 4/19/2010 Page 1 of 1 Pitt R iV f Ci_Eac IF HAWAII Aloha Council Members, I am writing to express my support for the Fuel Tax Revenue Grant -in -Aid program resolution now at council. Our roads are in desperate need of attention. We pay our fuel taxes every day as we drive but for decades have received no benefit on hundreds of miles of county sanctioned private road systems. This is an issue of equity and I look to you to vote in favor of this Grant -in -Aid program. Mahalo, Kay Nielsen Hawaiian Paradise Park Con No. 1 73•SO Ref. To, l Ref. Doha APR 92010 RESOLUTION 321 -10: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL THE OPTION TO DESIGNATE A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT'S FUEL TAX ALLOCATION TO BE UTILIZED FOR A GRANT -IN- AID PROGRAM FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ROAD MAINTENANCE FOR PRIVATE STREETS AND ROADWAYS. WHEREAS, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, §243 -6 in pertinent part states that fuel tax funds "shall be expended for the following purposes, for the island for which the tax revenue is specially indicated, or, if none, for the county for which the tax revenue is indicated "; and WHEREAS, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, §243 -6, fuel tax dispositions, section 2, "for acquisition, designing, construction, reconstruction, improvements, repair and maintenance of county main and general thoroughfares, highways and other streets... "; and WHEREAS, this section indicates that the fuel tax revenues can be expended for improvements, repair and maintenance for roadways other than designated county roads; and WHEREAS, private, non - dedicated, substandard streets exists in the County of Hawaii, and are open to the general public; and WHEREAS, road maintenance of private, non - dedicated, substandard streets will provide a roadway accessible for authorized emergency vehicles which include fire and rescue vehicles, police vehicles, ambulance, ocean safety vehicles, public safety law enforcement vehicles, and conservation and resources enforcement vehicles; and WHEREAS, the Hawai'i County Council recognizes that during the 1960's, county government approved large subdivisions particularly in the region of Puna which contain miles of non - dedicated substandard private streets and roadways maintained by the community; and WHEREAS, according to the Department of Finance Motor Vehicle Registration Division, Puna being the fastest growing region, has 24,000 registered vehicles which represents nearly 17% of the vehicles registered on the Big Island; and WHEREAS, having the option to designate a portion of the district fuel tax revenue to be utilized in a grant in aid program allows for home rule in the distribution of fuel tax revenues as well as providing thousands of residents that live in government approved private subdivisions the benefit of their fuel tax contributions; and WHEREAS, this option would grant the Hawai'i County Council the choice of designating a portion of the fuel tax allocation to help provide funding support to legitimate non - profit organizations through a grant -in -aid program, which would serve thousands of island residents that pay in to the fuel tax system but fail to get the intended maintenance benefit; and WHEREAS, this authority to set aside a portion of the county fuel tax allocation would apply to all districts in the entire County of Hawaii; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'I, that the approval of this resolution authorizes the option to designate a portion of fuel tax revenues to be utilized for a grant -in- aid program for nonprofit organizations for the purpose of road maintenance on private streets and roadways. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the council shall set forth the general criteria to qualify for the grant -in- aid road maintenance program and shall oversee the awarding of the grant applications. Criteria could include: nonprofit 501(c) (2), (3) or (4) or other government status deemed appropriate by the Hawaii County Council; roadway must serve a minimum amount of residential lots; documentation that a specific percentage of the residents living on the roadway agree to accepting funding for maintenance of the private roadway; priority funding to organizations that provide community matching funds; and other criteria deemed necessary by the Hawaii County Council. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that organizations that receive funding through this grant -in -aid program shall provide a complete financial reporting of the expenditures to the Hawaii County Council no later then one -year after the grant has been awarded. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an ad hoc committee will be formed by the Hawaii County Council by a separate resolution to set forth the process, general criteria, and qualifications of the grant -in -aid program, and shall submit its recommendations to the full Council for approval and implementation.