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WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 4, 2008; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-01 which proposes an amendment to Article V[, Chapter <br />4, of the Hawaii County Charter (2000), establishing Windward and Leeward Planning <br />Commissions was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: <br />Reading <br />First Reading <br />Second Reading <br />Third Reading <br />Date <br />October 17, 2007 <br />December 5, 2007 <br />December 19, 2007 <br />Votes <br />7 ayes, 1 no, 1 absent <br />6 ayes, 1 no, 2 absent <br />6 ayes, 2 noes, 1 absent <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 08-01 was approved by Mayor Harry Kim on January 10, <br />2008 and published on January 22, 2008; and <br />WHEREAS, September 5, 2008 is the sixtieth calendar day prior to the next scheduled <br />general election; and <br />WHEREAS, September 20, 2008 is the forty-fifth day prior to the next scheduled general <br />election. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIIE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF <br />HAWAII that it hereby directs the County Clerk of the County of Hawaii to take all necessary <br />steps provided for in all applicable provisions of the Hawaii County Charter and the Hawaii <br />Revised Statutes within the prescribed time limits for placing the Charter amendment proposed <br />by Ordinance No. 08-01 on the 2008 General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the <br />County. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but are not limited to <br />submission of the ballot question to Kevin B. Cronin, Chief Election Officer of the State of <br />Hawaii prior to 4:30 p.m., September 5, 2008, pursuant to section 1 1-1 ] 9(b) Hawai`i Revised <br />Statutes and publication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. <br />08-01 in the Hawaii Tribune Herald and the West Hawaii Today, two newspapers of general <br />