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-G State for county public works projects to bidders who have successfully paid their applicable State taxes; and a proposal to reimburse the counties for general excise tax revenues passed on to the counties by vendors or licensees. Under New Business, the HSAC Executive Committee first considered a "Resolution Supporting Legislation Proposed by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife of the State Department of Land and Natural Resources for Insuring Funding of the Hawaii Statewide Trails and Access Program or Na Ala Hele" along with documentation and proposed legislation which will provide long-term supplemental funding to the Na Ala Hele Trail and Access Program. Mr. Curt Cottrell, Trails and Access Program Manager, explained that the Statewide Trails and Access Program is at risk for lack of a stable funding source. In addition to basic recreational purposes, trails serve a number of functions which include access for the management and protection of our forests and watersheds, access for hunters, and a resource for ecotourism. To insure the continued maintenance of trails and the development and maintenance of new trails and accesses, the Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing legislation which will provide 0.3% of the gasoline tax revenues to fund this program and allow for the assessment of fees for the commercial and other uses of trails and accesses. A HSAC Resolution supporting DLNR is submitted for your consideration along with supporting information and a proposed legislative bill. It is requested that the Hawaii County Council consider the HSAC Resolution (copies attached, ACTION REQUESTED). Also under New Business, the Executive Committee considered a "Resolution Supporting Legislation to Appropriate Grants-In-Aid to County Police Departments for the Expansion of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (Dare) Program." It is being proposed that the DARE Program be expanded statewide to intermediate and high schools over a five year period using a state grant- in-aid. A HSAC Resolution supporting the expansion of the DARE Program by state grant-in-aid is submitted for your consideration along with supporting information on Hawaii County and a proposed legislative bill (copies attached, ACT1ON REQUESTED). Finally under New Business, the Executive Committee reviewed a proposed HSAC Budget and Annual Dues Estimate. For purposed of annual budgeting, it is recommended that counties anticipate an annual HSAC dues assessment of $8,000 for fiscal year 1997-1998. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next HSAC Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 14, 1997, 9:00 a.m., Honolulu Committee Room, Honolulu, Hawaii. Attachments