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RESOLUTION URGING THE HONORABLE MAYOR HARRY KIM TO RESCIND THE TERMINATION OF THE CONTRACT ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 3298: FOR FURNISHING AND IMPLEMENTING AN ORGANICS DIVERSION PROGRAM IN EAST HAWAII AND WEST HAWAII FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TO BEST MEET HAWAII COUNTY'S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GOALS. WHEREAS, in December 2007,the County Council adopted Resolution No.356-07 incorporating the Principles of Zero Waste as a long-term goal for the County of Hawai`i; and WHEREAS, in May 2008,the County Council adopted Resolution No. 624-08, which funded a$50,000 study on the County's Zero Waste policy espoused by Resolution No. 356-07; and WHEREAS, in January 2009,the County Council adopted Resolution No. 826-08 urging the Department of Environmental Management to develop an ordinance and implement a plan to prohibit food,paper, and compostable organics from Hawai`i County landfills by 2012; and WHEREAS,the County of Hawai`i's 2009 Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan found that 54% (114,000 tons) of Waste disposed at County landfills is organic materials that could be recycled,thereby preserving valuable landfill space; and WHEREAS, in 2013,the County established greenwaste and organics diversion operation sites referred to as the West Hawai`i Organics Facility adjacent to the West Hawai'i Sanitary Landfill and the East Hawai`i Organics Facility adjacent to the Hilo Sanitary Landfill, where greenwaste and untreated wood pallets are processed into mulch; and WHEREAS, on May 6, 2015,the County Council adopted Resolution No. 126-15 authorizing the payment of funds for a later fiscal year and of a multi-fiscal year agreement for furnishing organic waste diversion operations in West Hawai`i and East Hawai`i for the Department of Environmental Management; and WHEREAS,the County entered into a ten(10) year Service Agreement(the Contract) that began on July 1, 2016,to provide an organic waste diversion program in East Hawai`i and West Hawaii for the Department of Environmental Management that involves sanitizing and partially composting mulch to control invasive species; and WHEREAS, Appendix 2 of the Contract identifies Tax Map Keys: (3)-2-1-013:142, 160, 161, and 163 as the proposed location of the East Hawai`i Organics Facility; and WHEREAS,the Keaukaha-Pana`ewa Farmers Association opposes the proposed location of the East Hawai`i Organics Facility; and WHEREAS,the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in a letter to the Chief of the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Environmental Management dated December 12, 2016, raised objections to the proposed"Finding of No Significant Impact"for the Draft Environmental Assessment for the organics facility, "primarily due to the project's proximity to communities in 3