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William T. Takaba ; •' i! %2 Managing Director' William P. Kenoi +: + Mayor • _ _ • Walter K.M. Lau o `' +° J ►`� Deputy Managing Director .a ni`i ®fftrQ oftilt Alavor 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961 -6553 KONA: 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C • Kailua -Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 323 -4444 • Fax (808) 323 -4440 May 17, 2011 Mayor Eric C. Codilla Anubing "Y" Street Government Center Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines Aloha Mayor Codilla: The County of Hawaii is equally pleased to learn about this proposed Sister - County Relationship with Ormoc City. As mayor of our beautiful island county, we humbly accept your invitation to enter into this agreement with your equally beautiful city. The presentation by the Congress of Visayan Organizations through Ms. Jane Clement was both compelling and educational. We are surprised by the commonalities between our homes, including climate, topography and economy. However, we are well aware of the contributions made by Sakada immigrants and their descendants who played important and critical roles in the 20th Century history of Hawaii. We are particularly intrigued by your achievement of virtual energy independence through the use of geothermal power. We have many lessons to learn from your experience and the Hilo Visayan Club's proactive step of reaching out to Mike Kaleikini of Puna Geothermal Venture, shows the level support by local service organizations for this proposed arrangement. We hope to be able to help you and your city and are willing to share our knowledge in any and all relevant matters, including agriculture and aquaculture. I have already accepted an offer by Councilwoman Brittany Smart to begin the process of formalizing this relationship through a resolution by the Hawaii County Council. We would like to tentatively invite you to visit Hawaii the week of Sept. 11 to visit Hawaii County and to sign the sister- county agreement during the Asia - Pacific Clean Energy Summit and Expo, to be held Sept. 12 -15 in Honolulu. We will follow up with details at a later date. Should you have any questions, please contact Charmaine Shigemura, our sister -city protocol officer at cshigemurar�co.hawaii.hi.us, or Bobby Command, my executive assistant in Kona, at rcommand(c�co.hawaii.hi.us Salamat po, Billy Kenoi MAYOR County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.