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_OJN-vCP <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII - + _ �,;�_,, •, STATE OF HAWAI I <br /> • • <br /> SSG <br /> RESOLUTION:NO. . <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER <br /> INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF <br /> THE ARMY, PURSUANT TO HRS § 46-7, FOR THE COUNTY OF <br /> HAWAII TO SHARE COSTS FOR A WAIAKEA-PALAI FLOOD RISK <br /> MANAGEMENT FEASIBILITY STUDY. <br /> WHEREAS, the.United.States Congress has authorized the United States <br /> Department of the Army ("Army") Corps of Engineers to conduct studies of flood <br /> damage reduction pursuantto the authority provided by Section 205 of the Flood <br /> Control Act of 1948 (Public Law 80-858), as amended; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to that authority, the Army and County entered a feasibility <br /> cost sharing agreement dated March 23, 2004, and amended.March 23, 2012, with the <br /> Army providing funds pursuant to the General Investigation Program, to study the <br /> feasibility of implementing a,small project for flood risk management at Waiakea and <br /> Palai Streams, Hilo, Hawaii; and <br /> WHEREAS, to increase the efficiency of implementation, the Army has <br /> recommended terminating the,study initiated under the feasibility cost sharing <br /> agreement funded under the General Investigation Program, and is requesting that the <br /> County execute anew feasibility cost sharing agreement and initiate a new study <br /> funded under the Continuing Authorities Program, with all progress to date under the <br /> existing study being carried forward to the new study; and <br /> WHEREAS, all funds that the County has provided to date under the existing <br /> study shall be carried forward to the new study so that no further funds will be required <br /> from the County for the present fiscal year; and <br />