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-MYYIOF N�,' �xJtC,i COUNTY OF HAWAII - ,�" STATE OF HAWAII * 4`4OF•N'i� RESOLUTION NO. 195 27 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION TO DEVELOP ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER SISTER-CITY RELATIONSHIPS FOR THE WAIMEA CHERRY BLOSSOM HERITAGE FESTIVAL. WHEREAS, hanami (means "flower viewing"), also known as the cherry blossom festival, is a Japanese tradition over a thousand years old that celebrates the season's first blooms; and WHEREAS, the annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival is a trademark festival for the community of Waimea, with multi-cultural performing arts, hands-on bonsai and origami demonstrations, and various food and craft booths throughout the day; and WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, continues to host the largely attended, annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival and has the opportunity to strengthen our Sister-City relationships in Japan by collaborating to encourage a delegation to attend the Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival; and WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, has requested funding to develop a program with activities that will enhance and strengthen our Sister-City relationship in Japan; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 9 will be appropriated to the Department of Parks and Recreation, Culture and Education Division, to develop activities to foster Sister-City relationships for the Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: