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which our beneficiaries live and work, and an absence of serious study of cumulative impacts and planned projects"; and WHEREAS,the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, in a letter to the Mayor dated January 23, 2017, opposes the proposed location of an East Hawai`i Organics Facility because it "poses a significant threat to the health and well-being of our Pana`ewa beneficiaries; and WHEREAS, Senator Kaiali`i Kahele and Representative Chris Todd, in a letter to the Council dated March 20, 2017, write that the concerns of residents in close proximity to the facility"must be addressed and there are alternate sites in East Hawai`i" to locate the project; and • WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017,the Mayor notified the organic waste diversion program Contractor that the County was pursuing a"Termination for Convenience" of the service agreement to take effect on June 30, 2017; and WHEREAS, Sections 10.10 and 10.29 of the Contract, and Section 15 of the County's Special Provisions,permit the Contracting Officer to make modifications to the Contract; and WHEREAS,the Environmental Assessment for the in-vessel Composting Facility identified in the Contract, which is required before finalizing the site for the in-vessel Composting Facility, has not yet been completed; and WHEREAS,Article VIII, Section 8.1 of the Contract provides for modification to the Composting Facilities Design-Build Date, which may be extended due to the occurrence of an "Uncontrollable Circumstance"; and WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017,the Director of Finance submitted for introduction to the Council Resolution No. 101-17, which authorizes the payment of funds of a later fiscal year and a multi-fiscal year agreement for furnishing greenwaste diversion operations in West Hawai`i and East Hawai`i for the Department of Environmental Management; and WHEREAS,on March 21, 2017, Environmental Management Committee members reviewed a confidential and privileged report referenced by the Mayor in his testimony at the March 7, 2017, Environmental Management Committee meeting; and WHEREAS, several members of the Environmental Management Committee found the cost analysis within this report to be flawed;and WHEREAS, on March 21, 2017,the Environmental Management Committee was not provided with any information to support the Mayor's statements claiming the Contract did not meet the County's 2009 Solid Waste Management Goals, as provided in his testimony during the March 7,.2017, Environmental Management Committee meeting; and WHEREAS, on March 21, 2017,the Finance Committee, sent a strong, unified message to the Mayor by voting unanimously to forward Resolution No. 101-17 to the Council with a negative recommendation; now,therefore, 4