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COUNTY OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />STATE OF HAWAII <br />53 17 <br />A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT <br />AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A <br />DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO REIMBURSE THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS <br />AND RECREATION FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO THE 2017 WAIMEA CHERRY <br />BLOSSOM HERITAGE FESTIVAL. <br />WHEREAS, hanami (means "flower viewing"), also known as the cherry blossom <br />festival, is a Japanese tradition over a thousand years old that celebrates the season's first <br />blooms; and <br />WHEREAS, the annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival is a trademark <br />festival for the community of Waimea, with multi -cultural performing arts, hands-on bonsai and <br />origami demonstrations, and various food and craft booths throughout the day; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, <br />continues to host the largely attended, annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival and has <br />incurred additional expenses in the production of this year's souvenir booklet that was <br />distributed throughout the festival on February 4, 2017; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, is <br />requesting reimbursement for expenses related to the production of this year's souvenir booklet; <br />now, therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that <br />Contingency Relief funds from Council District 9 will be appropriated to the Department of <br />Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, for reimbursement of expenses associated <br />with the production of the 2017 Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival souvenir booklet. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby <br />transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: <br />