HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP FC 597 08/17/1992 REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Date: August 17, 1992 Re : C-3967
Place: Councilroom
Time: 9 : 00 a .m.
Council Chairman and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance to which was referred Resolution 506-92,
reports as follows :
The purpose of Resolution 506-92 is to authorize the Director of
Finance to negotiate a lease with the Hawaii County Economic
Opportunity Council (HCEOC) for the purpose of operating a childcare
program for preschool children of low-income families . Said lease
would be for twenty years at $1. 00 per year .
Section 2-120(a) (2) of the Hawaii County Code provides for the
leasing of county property to non-profit organizations at such
rentals and terms and conditions as deemed proper .
Your Committee further understands that the childcare facility will
be constructed by the State of Hawaii and turned over to the County
of Hawaii for operation as a childcare facility and community
center . The Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council will operate
and maintain the childcare facility while the Department of Parks and
Recreation will operate and maintain the community center .
After being apprised of the procedures of Chapter 2, Article 19 of
the Hawaii County Code, your Committee was concerned that
Resolution 506-92 did not contain a statement of finding that the
public interest demands that the real property be leased through
negotiation. Your Committee was also unclear as to what authority
was being granted by the approval of the Resolution and it did not
believe that the Council would be meeting its fiduciary
responsibility in granting its approval without full knowledge of the
contents of the lease contract .
FC REPORT No, 597
ADOPTED: SEP 2 1992
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REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Your Committee has directed the Corporation Counsel to review the
resolution and to provide the necessary amendments for the Council
meeting .
Your Committee on Finance concurs with the intent to lease the
facility at the Clem Akina Park to the HCEOC organization to operate
a childcare program for preschool children of low-income families .
Your Committee on Finance recommends that the Council consider
Resolution 506-92 with the recommendations for amendment and also
review the lease contract . Your Committee further recommends that
the Council take the appropriate course of action based upon the
following :
1 . Approve Resolution 506-92 with amendments and attach lease
contract to Resolution.
2 . Approve Resolution 506-92 with amendments and recognize
that lease contract, if not available, would still need to
be approved by the Council .
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AYES NOES
ALONZO X
411.S// agri e , / 0 ARAKAKI X
, . Y. RAKAKI , CHAIRMAN DE LIMA X
DOMINGO X
LAI X
LA/HT
MAKUAKANE X
RUDDLE X
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ADOPTED: