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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Form* B-52 <br /> 7118/91 <br /> <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br /> DEPARTMENT: Civil Defense Agency DATE: January 16, 2008 <br /> <br /> STAFF CONTACT: Dixie Kaetsu, Managing Director PHONE: 961-8211 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> A. REQUEST: <br /> Appropriate $40,000 federal grant for National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program for a "Model Community <br /> Program." <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED): <br /> <br /> In March of 2007, the Hawai'i County Civil Defense Agency entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with <br /> Hawai'i State Civil Defense for a grant of $40,000 from the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program <br /> (NTHMP). These funds are specifically to be used to develop a pilot project to create a culture of <br /> preparedness and response in the community of Hilo. The purpose of the NTHMP is to provide funding to <br /> coastal states for tsunami mitigation intiatives to lessen the loss of life and damage to property. These funds <br /> will be used to initiate a model community pilot project that can be replicated in all coastal communities <br /> statewide. <br /> Due to an oversight, these grant funds were not appropriated last fiscal year. Please request that this <br /> appropriation be waived out of committee to the full council to expedite this project. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SIGNED: _ DATE: January 16, 2008 <br /> Department Head <br />