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JNtV oF.,44!L <br />COUNTY F HA AI`I STATE OF HAWAII <br />,tf OF•NR� <br />RESOLUTION NO. 54 <br />• , 1 Wwrlffll I LOU I in VA W <br />WHEREAS, the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery Development and Expansion <br />Association, Inc., (WHVCDEA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization consisting of veteran <br />organizations, individual veterans, and citizens that have organized and facilitated innumerable <br />projects at the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery-Pu`u Ho`omaha O Na Po`e Koa O Hawaii <br />Komohana (WHVC) in honor of our veterans; and <br />WHEREAS, WHVC is one of three state-owned veterans' cemeteries in the nation that <br />has received the honor of a "Shrine Status" designation by the Veterans Administration (VA); and <br />WHEREAS, WHVCDEA will be constructing a Korean War Memorial at WHVC to pay <br />tribute, with honor and respect, to Korean War veterans and their families; and <br />WHEREAS, the Hawaii State Office of Veterans' Services and the Hawaii State <br />Department of Defense have approved plans for the construction of a Korean War Memorial at <br />WHVC; and <br />WHEREAS, WHVCDEA has requested funds to assist with costs associated with the <br />construction of a Korean War Memorial at WHVC; and <br />WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation works in partnership with <br />WHVCDEA and is supportive of its efforts to maintain and improve WHVC; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, <br />Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via <br />resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, <br />activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, <br />therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that <br />Contingency Relief funds from Council District 8 will be appropriated to the Department of <br />Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to WHVCDEA to construct a Korean War Memorial at <br />WHVC. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby <br />transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: <br />