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----- COUNTY OF HAWAII _ _.: STATE OF HAWAII .•�r� ►� RESOLUTION NO. 7 3 11 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE, BY THE COUNTY OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, OF SEVEN (7) AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS FOR THE WEST HAWAI'I CIVIC CENTER. WHEREAS, an Automated External Defibrillator ( "AED ") is a computerized medical device that can check a person's heart rhythm, recognize a rhythm that requires a shock, and advise a rescuer when a shock is needed; and WHEREAS, Public Access to Defibrillation ( "PAD ") means making AEDs available in public and /or private places where large numbers of people gather; and WHEREAS, on February 5, 2011, Mayor William P. Kenoi's Executive Assistant, Bobby Command, survived a cardiac episode on Oahu after Chaminade University students flagged down an ambulance and the Emergency Technicians restarted Bobby Command's heart using an AED; and WHEREAS, the February 5, 2011, cardiac episode on Oahu demonstrates the importance of AEDs in public places, and WHEREAS, K. Taniguchi, Ltd. would like to donate seven (7) AEDs, to be placed at the West Hawai`i Civic Center, that will benefit the community with a PAD program; and WHEREAS, the seven (7) AEDs have a total estimated value of $10,000; and WHEREAS, Article XIII, Section 13 -12, of the Hawai`i County Charter provides that the Hawai`i County Council, on behalf of the County of Hawai`i, may accept gifts or donations of personal property; and WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i, Department of Public Works recommends acceptance of the donation from K. Taniguchi, Ltd. of seven (7) AEDs and that K. Taniguchi, Ltd. be released from any and all liability that may arise with respect to the donation of the seven (7) AEDs; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that in accordance with Article XIII, Section 13 -12, of the Hawai`i County Charter, the Council of the County of Hawai`i authorizes the County of Hawai`i, Department of Public Works to accept the donation of seven (7) AEDs for the West Hawai`i Civic Center.