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A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES OP HAWAII, MAUI, KAUAI, AND THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, TO COLLABORATE AND PURSUE A SINGLE SOLID WASTE PROPOSAL THAT COULD ENABLE THE STATE OF HAWAII TO QUALIFY AND APPLY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING UNDER ANY AND ALL EXISTING OR PROPOSED ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND STABILIZATION PACKAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NEW "FOOD, CONSERVATION AND ENERGY ACT OF 2008", ALSO KNOWN AS THE 2007 U.S. FARM BILL. WHEREAS, handling and processing of solid waste remains an ongoing and unresolved issue for the State of Hawaii and as such, there may be significant efficiencies in addressing these solid waste issues based upon individual needs of each county through a combined single solid waste proposal approach; and WHEREAS, economics of magnitude are generally accomplished when the primary focus and opportunities are comprised oflarge-scale, multi-encompasing proposals; and WHEREAS, the potential of a unique opportunity exists of processing the State's combined solid waste flow into organic composted media for agricultural enhancement, and whereby an all- encompassing solid waste solution of this scope and specificity could result in significant returns on investments and promote economic and agricultural sustainability; and WHEREAS, development of bio fuel crops on non-productive lands on Hawaii Island and/or other counties would promote initiation and development of new agro-energy presence in the County and State of Hawaii, and contribute to resolving the state-wide solid waste issue and ongoing threats of contaminated leachate now looming over our coastal environment; and WHEREAS, collaboration among counties in developing joint proposals to address solid waste issues under a single solid waste proposal, if successful, would require changes to respective County Codes in order to implement integrated programs such as collection and shipment of material to one or more processing locations, processing through enhanced composting procedures for use as foundation soil and agricultural enhancement; and WHEREAS, astate-wide single solid waste proposal, developed jointly by the counties would promote economic and agricultural sustainability, maximize capital equipment and infrastructure funding; and WHEREAS, a program of this magnitude, processing the State's combined solid waste flow into organic composted media for agricultural enhancement, dramatically facilitates federal funding opportunities through federal programs such as the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill, as well as through other federal agency monies that would likewise be available, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the counties of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, and the City and County of Honolulu, are encouraged to collaborate to develop ajoint process to address the entire State's solid waste issues through integrated programs that promote economic and agricultural sustainability for the State of Hawaii; and I