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A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RENAME THE SADDLE ROAD IN HONOR OF DANIEL K. INOUYE. WHEREAS, Daniel K. Inouye was elected as the United States Senator from Hawai`i in 1962, and re-elected in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010; and WHEREAS, Senator Inouye was chair of the Appropriations Committee and President Pro Tempore at the time of his death on December 17, 2012; and WHEREAS, Senator Inouye represented the people of Hawai`i and the nation honestly and to the best of his ability; and WHEREAS, Senator Inouye used his seniority and influence during his nearly 50 years in the Senate to help Hawai`i benefit from federal expenditures relating to national defense, transportation, higher education, astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community development; and WHEREAS, Senator Inouye directed federal funds to Hawai`i for the realignment of State Route 200, known as the Saddle Road; and WHEREAS, the completed Saddle Road will support national defense, transportation, astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community development; and WHEREAS, upon completion of the realignment of the Saddle Road, the State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation will have sole jurisdiction over the highway; and WHEREAS, Hawai`i Senate Resolution No. 21, Hawai`i Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 43, and House Concurrent Resolution No. 42 request the State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation, when appropriate, to rename the Saddle Road the "Daniel K. Inouye Legacy Highway"; and WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road would not affect the status of federal or state funding for ongoing and future construction; and WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road is an appropriate and permanent way to remind users of the highway of the legacy of Senator Inouye; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation is urged to rename the Saddle Road in honor of Daniel K. Inouye. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Governor Neil Abercrombie, the Honorable Senate President Donna Mercado Kim, the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives Joe Souki, Department of Transportation Director Glenn M. Okimoto, and the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi.