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WHEREAS, the County of Hawai`i resolves to seek redesignation of the South Kona Enterprise Zone for a second twenty-year term, incorporate the area formerly designated as the North Kona Enterprise Zone into this zone, and rename the expanded contiguous area, the Kona Enterprise Zone; and WHEREAS, in addition to this new Kona Enterprise Zone, to continue the opportunity for job creation and to support agricultural businesses, the County of Hawai`i wishes to nominate Hamakua, Hilo-Puna, and Ka`u as three additional new Enterprise Zones; and WHEREAS, the following attached exhibits provide information about these four proposed new Enterprise Zones: (1) Map that shows proposed Enterprise Zones as well as current North Kohala Enterprise Zone—(Exhibit A) (2) Map that shows proposed zone boundaries relative to the boundaries of census tracts that will be fully or partially included in the zones and publicly held lands within the proposed zones—(Exhibit B) (3) Map that shows State land use classifications within the proposed zones— (Exhibit C) (4) Map that shows County general plan designations for areas within the proposed zones— (Exhibit D); and WHEREAS, all four of the proposed new Enterprise Zones satisfy the eligibility requirements for areas to be nominated for Enterprise Zone status; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Council is empowered to request that the Governor designate the four new zones as Hawai`i County Enterprise Zones; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following Enterprise Zones be established in Hawai`i County according to the attached exhibits that include maps and corresponding descriptions of each proposed zone's boundaries: (1) Hamakua— (Exhibit E) on the date of the Governor's designation; (2) Hilo-Puna—(Exhibit F) on the date of the Governor's designation; (3) Kona—(Exhibit G) on the date of the Governor's designation, provided that this Zone, formerly named the South Kona Enterprise Zone and now renamed the Kona Enterprise Zone, shall be redesignated for an additional twenty-year term; and (4) Ka`u—(Exhibit H) on the date of the Governor's designation. 2