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A RESOLUTION STRONGLY RECOMMENDING A MULTI-FISCAL YEAR AGREEMENT FOR FURNISHING GREENWASTE DIVERSION OPERATIONS IN WEST HAWAII AND EAST HAWAII FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. WHEREAS,the County of Hawai`i's 2009 Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan identified that 54% (114,000 tons) of the waste disposed at County landfills are organic materials that could be recycled,therebypreserving valuable landfill space; and WHEREAS, in 2013,the County established organics diversion operation sites referred to as the West Hawaii Organics Facility adjacent to the West Hawai`i Sanitary Landfill and the East Hawaii Organics Facility adjacent to the Hilo Sanitary Landfill,where greenwaste and untreated wood pallets are processed into mulch; and WHEREAS,the existing organics diversion contract is a ten-year contract, which expires on June 30, 2026; and WHEREAS, Appendix 2 of the existing 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 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,the County has issued a notice of termination of the existing contract, dated February 16, 2017; and WHEREAS,Article X, Section 10-11 of the County Charter requires that any contract, lease or other obligation requiring payment of funds from the appropriations of a later fiscal year or more than one fiscal year be approved by resolution; and 2