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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />31 13 <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS OF A <br />LATER FISCAL YEAR AND OF A MULTI -FISCAL YEAR AGREEMENT <br />FOR FURNISHING AND IMPLEMENTING ORGANIC WASTE <br />DIVERSION SITES AND COMPOST OPERATIONS IN WEST HAWATI <br />AND EAST HAWAT I FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL <br />MANAGEMENT <br />WHEREAS, the County of Hawai'i's 2002 Update to the Integrated Solid Waste <br />Management Plan identified recycling and waste diversion as major activities to help the County <br />reach its goal to divert 50% of all solid waste that would otherwise go to a landfill by 2008, and <br />80% by 2013, and Resolution 28-03, Draft 2, was approved by the County Council on January <br />23, 2003, setting forth these goals and policies; and <br />WHEREAS, Resolution 356-07, A Resolution to Embrace and Adopt the Principles of <br />Zero Waste as a Long -Term Goal for Hawaii County was approved by the County Council on <br />December 19, 2007; and <br />WHEREAS, Resolution 826-08, A Resolution Urging the Director of the Department of <br />Environmental Management to Develop an Ordinance and Implement a Plan to Prohibit Food, <br />Paper, and Compostable Organics from Hawaii County Landfills by 2012 was approved by the <br />County Council on January 23, 2009; and <br />WHEREAS, the County's 2009 Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management <br />Plan (IRSWMP) identified that 54%, or 114,000 tons, of the waste disposed at County landfills <br />was organic material that could be composted, thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and <br />