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Form#: B-52 <br /> 7/18/91 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION. <br /> DEPARTMENT: Parks and Recreation DATE: 5/31/24 <br /> STAFF CONTACT: Maurice Messina PHONE: 961-8311 <br /> A. REQUEST: <br /> To authorize the Mayor to enter into an intergovermental agreement with the Department of the Army for a <br /> cost sharing agreement for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aquatic ecosystem restoration study at Kahalu'u <br /> Bay. <br /> B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br /> Section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br /> (USACE) to intitiate investigations and implement projects for aquatic ecosystem restoration with the <br /> objective of restoring degraded ecosystem structure, function and dynamic processes to a less degraded, <br /> more natural condition with consideration of the ecosystem's natural integrity, productivity, stability, and <br /> biological diversity. Section 105(a)of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 specifies cost-sharing <br /> requirements. The County of Hawaii desires to enter into a 50 percent cost sharing agreement with the <br /> Department of the Army for U.S.Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study that will identify and evaluate <br /> alternatives and recommend a solution for aquatic ecosystem restoration of Kahalu'u Bay.. <br /> • 47) <br /> SIGNED: DATE: 06710.3k] <br /> co.f._ Department Head <br />