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Hawaii County Council-12 Page 3 Apri122, 2009 Res. 73-09: Authorizes the Office of the Mayor to Enter Into an Agreement with the State of Hawaii Department of the Attorney General, Pursuant to HRS 46-7, for a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) Training Grant for the Hawaii County Police Department. {Funds would be used to improve the Police Department's ability to respond to violent crimes against women, primarily sexual assault with associated intimate partner violence, physical abuse, and homicide, by providing updated specialized training for the SAFE personnel. } Re: Comm. 208 Intr. by: Mr. Yagong Approve: FC-44 Res. 74-09: Authorizes the Acceptance of Three Shipping Containers for the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency (HCCDA). {Donated by Matson Navigation Company, with an estimated total value of $9,500, the containers would be used to store disaster response supplies of the HCCDA, State Department of Health, and American Red Cross. } Re: Comm. 209 Intr. by: Mr. Yagong Approve: FC-46 Res. 79-09: Authorizes the Payment of Funds of a Later Fiscal Year and More Than One Fiscal Year for aMulti-Year Lease of a Copy Machine for the Office of the County Clerk- Reprographic Division. {The five-year lease for a color copy machine, at an approximate cost of $1,319.59 per month, will replace the existing machine whose lease will expire in November 2009 (at a cost of $1,325.84 per month).} Re: Comm. 217 Intr. by: Mr. Yoshimoto Approve: FC-47 Res. 81-09 Urges Opposition to House Bill No. 1226, HD1, Relating to Genetically Modified (Draft 2): Plant Organisms. {Opposes House Bill No. 1226, HD1, which preempts any other county regulatory action that bans or restricts all activities relating to genetically modified plant organisms in recognition of the Council's passage of Ordinance No. 08-154 on November 13, 2008, which prohibits the testing, propagation, cultivation, planting or introduction of genetically engineered taro and coffee. } Re: Comm. 225.74 Intr. by: Mr. Hoffmann Waived: PWIRC Held Over Pursuant to Council Rule 24(e): Apri18, 2009 (Note: There is a pending motion by Mr. Hoffmann and duly seconded by Ms. Ford to approve Resolution 81-09, as amended (Draft 2).)