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Hawaii -Approved December 18, 1996. <br /> Honolulu -Approved. <br /> <br /> VI. NEW BUSINESS <br /> A. Support of State Legislation to Fund State Trails Program <br /> The Executive Committee considered a "Resolution Supporting Legislation <br /> Proposed by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the State Department of Land <br /> and Natural Resources for Insuring Funding of the Hawaii Statewide Trails and <br /> Access Program or Na Ala Hele" along with documentation and proposed <br /> legislation which will provide long-term supplemental funding to the Na Ala Hele <br /> Trail and Access Program. <br /> Mr. Curt Cottrell, Trails and Access Program Manager, explained that the <br /> Statewide Trails and Access Program is at risk for lack of a stable funding source. <br /> In addition to basic recreational purposes, trails serve a number of functions which <br /> include access for the management and protection of our forests and watersheds, <br /> access for hunters, and a resource for ecotourism. To insure the continued <br /> maintenance of trails and the development and maintenance of new trails and <br /> accesses, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing legislation <br /> which will provide 0.3% of the gasoline tax revenues to fund this program and allow <br /> for the assessment of fees for the commercial and other uses of trails and accesses. <br /> A HSAC Resolution supporting DLNR's proposed legislation along with supporting <br /> information is being referred to the separate counties for consideration and <br /> adoption. <br /> B. Support of State Legislation for DARE's Five-Year Plan <br /> The Executive Committee considered a "Resolution Supporting Legislation to <br /> Appropriate Grants-in-Aid to County Police Departments for the Expansion of the <br /> Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Dare) Program." President Mansho indicated <br /> that the four Police Chiefs are proposing that the DARE Program be expanded <br /> statewide to intermediate and high schools over a five year period using a state <br /> grant-in-aid. Both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate have <br /> agreed to introduce the grant-in-aid proposal. A HSAC Resolution supporting <br /> proposed legislation for the expansion of the DARE Program by state grant-in-aid <br /> along with the proposed legislation and supporting information on each county is <br /> being referred to the separate counties for consideration and adoption. <br /> 4 <br /> <br />