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REPORT OF THE
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DATE: December 3, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 631/Res. No. 422-19
PLACE: Council Chambers
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred Resolution No. 422-19, reports as follows:
Resolution No. 422-19, transmitted by Finance Director Deanna Sako, via Communication No. 631
dated November 14, 2019, authorizes the payment of funds of a later fiscal year and of more than one
fiscal year for a multi-year lease of real property for the County of Hawaii,Hawaii Fire Department.
This resolution authorizes the Anekona Ouli Kanehoa Volunteer Fire Company, a Hawaii non-profit
organization, to assign the balance of its lease for a fire station at 62-2489 Waiula Drive, Kamuela, to
the Hawaii Fire Department to operate its 9 Bravo Volunteer Fire Station. The ninety-nine year lease
held by Hale Wailam Partners LP, commenced on June 5, 2014, and ends on June 5, 2113.
Council Member Herbert M. "Tim"Richards, III commented that this is the Volunteer Fire Department
in Waimea that complements our Fire Department and they are well-known for their firefighting. He
also stated that 9 Bravo is strategically placed half-way down Kawaihae Hill and is a positive and
needed asset for the greater Waimea area.
Anekona Ouli Kanehoa Volunteer Fire(AOK VFD) Company's President, Guido Giacommetti,
explained that this corporation was set up to support 9 Bravo, which is part of the volunteer firefighters
on the island, and who provides assistance to the Fire Department. 9 Bravo has a couple of trucks, one
with a 1,200-gallon capacity and another engine pumper. He stated for the last five years it has sat in the
front yard and that AOK undertook the building as a volunteer apparatus garage. This land lease will
transfer the real property, including the building and all the improvements, to the department for AOK
VFD's use.
Mike Shattuck, Captain of the 9 Bravo Volunteer Fire Company, commented they currently have eight
volunteers on staff and respond to 35-40 fires annually.
FC Report No. 91
FC-91 Page 2 December 3,2019
Your Committee on Finance is in accord with the purpose and intent of Resolution No. 422-19, and
recommends its adoption.
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AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted,
CHUNG x
DAVID x COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
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KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ x �---
LEE LOY x
POINDEXTER x MAIZE MEDEIROS DAVID, CHAIR
RICHARDS x FC REPORT NO.: 91
VILLEGAS x ADOPTED: QE C 1 ���