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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON <br />GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS AND EXTERNAL AFFAIRS <br />DATE: July 22, 2025 <br />PLACE: Council Chambers <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawaii <br />TIME: 10:35 a.m. <br />Council Chair and Members <br />Hawaii County Council <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Re: Comm. No. 379/Res. No. 235-25 <br />Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs, to which was referred Resolution <br />No. 235-25, reports as follows: <br />Resolution No. 235-25, transmitted by Council Member Jenn Kagiwada via Communication No. 379, dated <br />July 1, 2025, acknowledges the eightieth anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and <br />reaffirms a commitment to peace. <br />Committee Member Jenn Kagiwada said that she is introducing this resolution as it is extremely important to <br />acknowledge this somber anniversary. She mentioned that as members heard earlier from the Sister Cities <br />Coordinator Malia Louis, that the impact of these bombings are part of the history that created this program to <br />create these commitments that foster peace and reconciliation through cultural exchange. <br />Member Kagiwada added that she had allocated funding for a permanent Peace Pole in her district to recognize <br />this anniversary and to set our commitment in stone to work to make sure atrocities at this magnitude do not <br />happen again. <br />Committee Members Rebecca Villegas and Michelle Galimba spoke in favor of this resolution. <br />Member Kagiwada introduced an amendment contained in Communication No. 379.1 to correct name and title <br />errors and add one additional in the final "be it resolved" clause. The amendment was approved by all six <br />members present. <br />Your Committee on Governmental Operations and External Affairs is in accord with the purpose and intent of <br />Resolution No. 235-25, as amended to Draft 2, and recommends its adoption. <br />slm <br />AYES <br />NOES <br />ABS <br />EX <br />GALIMBA <br />X <br />HUSTACE <br />X <br />INABA <br />X <br />KAGIWADA <br />X <br />KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />X <br />KIERKIEWICZ <br />X <br />KIMBALL <br />X <br />ONISHI <br />X <br />VILLEGAS <br />X <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL <br />OPERATIONS AND <br />EXTERNAL AFFAIRS <br />JE KAG , CHAIR <br />GOEAC REPORT NO.: 58 <br />ADOPTED: AUG 0--6 0025 <br />