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~~tv os N~ki . lug COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 518 U8 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR A TRAFFIC SAFETY TRAINING PROJECT WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation's Safe Community Traffic Safety Program has authorized a Highway Safety Project grant to the Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney aimed at improving enforcement and prosecution of traffic laws; and WHEREAS, the mission/goal of this project is to make our roads safer and improve the performance of the law enforcement system in its efforts to enforce traffic laws by holding inter- agency meetings between police and prosecutors and by training deputy prosecuting attorneys in the conceptual, technical, scientific and trial aspects of these offenses; and WHEREAS, this grant, derived from federal funds, will be used to implement a project that includes: assignment of a deputy prosecuting attorney to be the Statewide Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, providing statewide training for police and prosecutors, developing modular trial advocacy training for deputies, and participation at monthly statewide traffic commanders meetings; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that county departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers.