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<br /> <br /> Dominic Yagong Phone: (808) 981-8538 <br /> Councilmember Fax: (808) 961-8912 <br /> District of H8m9kua Email: dyagong@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> t'a <br /> <br /> <br /> HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL <br /> <br /> County of Hawaii > c <br /> Hawaii County Building ? n Z ' ' <br /> 25 Aupuni Street <br /> Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br /> June 3, 2008 <br /> N <br /> ~S <br /> To: Pete Hoffmann, Chair <br /> And Members of the Hawai'i County Council <br /> <br /> From: Dominic Yagong, Councilmember <br /> <br /> Re: A Resolution Supporting the Hawai'i Supreme Court's Decision to Create <br /> an Access to Justice Commission to Assist Low Income Hawai'i Residents <br /> in Obtaining Civil Legal Services <br /> <br /> <br /> Enclosed is a resolution supporting the Hawai'i Supreme Court's decision to <br /> create an Access to Justice Commission (Commission) to assist low income <br /> Hawai'i residents in obtaining civil legal services. <br /> <br /> The creation of the Commission was the first recommendation in a ten-step <br /> action plan released in a November 2007 report titled Achieving Access to <br /> Justice for Hawaii's People, which can be found in its entirety at <br /> http://www. hsba. o rg/resources/ 1 /Documents/Access %20to%20J ustice. pdf <br /> <br /> The report was produced by a nonprofit entity called the Access for Justice Hui; a <br /> conglomeration of representatives from a variety of professional, educational, <br /> and civic organizations. <br /> <br /> The remaining nine steps of the ten-step action plan are listed in the attached <br /> resolution and further delineated in Exhibit A, a companion attachment to the <br /> resolution. The attached resolution also supports the implementation of the <br /> remaining nine steps of the ten-step action plan. <br /> Please refer the resolution to the appropriate committee to meet on June 17, <br /> <br /> 2008. <br /> Thank you. <br /> <br /> DY/so <br /> Aft <br /> <br /> Gomm No. 12,74 <br /> b-19-oRef. To, <br /> Rot Dote JUN <br />