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<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI'I <br /> <br /> <br />STATE OF HAWAI'I <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />282 09 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION TO ASSUME MANAGEMENT, CONTROL AND RESPONSIBILITY <br />FOR ALL OF THE ISLAND OF HAW AI'I 's SMALL BOAT HARBORS, LAUNCH <br />RAMPS AND BOATING FACILTIES <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the State of Hawai'i has previously indicated a willingness to turn over <br />management and authority over all State boating facilities on the Island of Hawai'i, to the <br />County of Hawai'i; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Hawai' i County Council impaneled an Ad Hoc Committee on Small <br />Boat Harbors and Boating facilities pursuant to Resolution 233-06, with members of the public <br />from each Council district, to consider all issues related to such a takeover; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Communication No. 612.8 dated June 1,2006, the Final Report <br />of the Hawai'i County Ad Hoc Fact Finding Committee on Small Boat Harbors and Boating <br />Facilities concluded that it is both feasible and that it would be highly desirable for the County to <br />pursue the transfer of boating facilities' on this Island to the County of Hawai'i; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, charter, sport, commercial, and subsistence fishing, as well as many other <br />boating activities, are central to Kona's history, culture and way oflife; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the growth of these activities in the future is expected to be significant; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the revenues and economic benefits derived from our Island's boating <br />activities are, and will continue to be, substantial; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, revenue generated from boating activities and facilities is presently paid to <br />the State and a significant portion of it is expended off-island; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the State contribution to the maintenance and upkeep of the harbors and <br />boating facilities on the Island is inadequate; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, frequent disregard for the maintenance issues and upkeep negatively impact <br />the County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, considerable effort has previously been expended toward the possible <br />acquisition of County control over all of our Island's boating facilities; now, therefore, <br />