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WHEREAS, according to data supplied by the Hawaii Fire Department, attached hereto as Exhibit B, fire personnel responded to 946 calls for service/incidents in the Banyan Drive Peninsula area from May 2018 to May 2023, and based on a conservative estimate, the cost for responding to these calls is approximately $122,000; and WHEREAS, a significant number of these calls for service/incidents involved activities occurring on or near the premises of the former Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel and its adjacent parking lot, which have adversely affected the public safety and welfare of the surrounding properties and community; and WHEREAS, the hazardous conditions at the former Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel pose a serious and imminent threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Hawaii County and require immediate action to mitigate the risks; and WHEREAS, Section 127A-14(a), Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), states that the governor may declare the existence of a state of emergency in the State by proclamation if the governor finds that an emergency or disaster has occurred or that there is imminent danger or threat of an emergency or disaster in any portion of the State; and WHEREAS, Section 127A-13(a)(3), HRS, grants the governor, in an emergency period, the power to suspend any law that impedes or tends to impede or be detrimental to the expeditious and efficient execution of, or to conflict with, emergency functions; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii Banyan Drive Hawaii Redevelopment Agency was established to develop a comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of Banyan Drive Peninsula and to facilitate public-private partnerships for implementation of the plan; and WHEREAS, the redevelopment of Banyan Drive Peninsula is vital for the economic recovery and resilience of Hawaii County, and an emergency proclamation would allow for the removal of blighted properties that create hazardous conditions and pose a risk to the community, such as the former Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby urges Governor Josh Green, M.D., to issue an emergency proclamation pursuant to Chapter 127A, HRS, to provide relief for damages, losses, and suffering and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the people affected by the ongoing hazardous conditions at the property identified by Tax Map Keys: (3) 2-1-005: 033, 034, 035, and 045, formerly known as Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotel. 2