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WHEREAS, the Hawaii Island TSP provided the following strategic direction to implement Objective 4: "Support efforts to increase safety and security for visitors and residents at public places, such as beach pazks, events, harbors, and cultural sites"; WHEREAS, the HTA has completed a "State Park Surveillance Pilot Program," which sought to measure the effect of video surveillance in reducing crime at high traffic tourist locations by placing cameras with a surveillance program at `Ehukai Beach Park and the Pali Lookout in 2005 and 2006; and, that a finding of the Pilot Program was that there was a significant reduction on the number of unauthorized entry into motor vehicle cases when compared to the period when the cameras and the surveillance program were not in place; WHEREAS, in 2007, the HTA contracted with Tourism & More, a national and local security consulting firm, to assess Hawai`i's visitor safety and security needs, and to make recommendations for achieving the goals and objectives of the Safety and Security tourism strategic initiative; and, that a "high priority" recommendation was to increase the use of closed circuit television camera surveillance in high crime areas; WHEREAS, the HTA desires to implement a Statewide Security Camera Program ("Statewide Program") to establish a security camera surveillance system within each county and in public areas, such as beach parks, events, harbors, and cultural sites, and especially those areas frequented by visitors (hereinafter referred to as "Public Areas"); and, has determined that the best opportunities for success of a Statewide Program is to seek the support and collaboration of the various counties and community stakeholders, including the coordination with county police departments, state and county park administrators and enforcement agencies, community associations, community area residents and businesses, and any other stakeholder affected by a security camera surveillance system operating within the Public Areas in each county; and, WHEREAS, the COUNTY desires to support the implementation of the Statewide Program through the establishment of a security camera surveillance system in Public Areas on the island of Hawaii as a means to increase the safety and security for visitors and residents. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises provided herein, the HTA and the COUNTY hereby acknowledge and agree as follows: Statewide Program Goal The goal of the Statewide Program is to improve resident and visitor safety by the efficient and sustained operation of a camera surveillance system in each county to monitor and deter unlawful activity at Public Areas. Statewide Program Obiectives The Statewide Program shall achieve the following objectives: 2