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COUNTY OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAII '71Q © 8 A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE PETITION (ORIGINAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY) FILED BY THE PETITIONERS COMMITTEE FOR THE LOWEST LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIORITY OF CANNABIS ORDINANCE ON JUNE 23, 2008, PROPOSING TO AMEND THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED), BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEREAS, the power of the voters to propose ordinances is known as initiative, and is authorized in Article XI, Hawai' i County Charter; and WHEREAS, on June 23, 2008, the petitioners committee for the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance filed an initiative petition entitled "Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance", with the Office of the County Clerk; and WHEREAS, the petition proposed an ordinance amending the County Code (2005 Edition, As Amended) by adding an Article relating to Law Enforcement (see Exhibit 1); and WHEREAS, it is determined that the Committee needs 4,848 signatures of qualified voters to be deemed sufficient (32,321 total votes cast for mayor in the 2004 special election x 15% = 4,848 qualified voters); and WHEREAS, according to the County Clerk's "Certificate of Insufficiency" (see Exhibit 2) dated July 15, 2008, the initiative petition was determined to contain 2,214 valid signatures, which is 2,6341ess than the required amount; and WHEREAS, Section 11-5 (c), Hawaii County Charter, requires the Council to review the Clerk's certificate, and to approve or reject the certificate or to substitute its own determination of sufficiency of the petition by resolution; and WHEREAS, this Council believes that Democracy is best practiced when voters directly participate in governmental decisions and practices; and WHEREAS, the power of the voters to propose ordinances through the initiative process is one of the most fundamental forms of participatory democracy; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it stipulates to findings 1-10 of the County Clerk in the Certificate of Insufficiency.