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County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br /> <br />EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, provides for the <br />establishment of County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief <br />with the Mayor having direct responsibility and authority over emergency management <br />within the County; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai‘i Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 <br />and 2 of the Hawai‘i County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the <br />County of Hawai‘i and prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and <br />Section 13-23 of the Hawai‘i County Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to <br />declare emergencies; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, being that the Mayor is temporarily absent or disabled pursuant to <br />Section 5-1.5 Hawai‘i County Code, the Managing Director shall act as Mayor; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at approximately 4:54 a.m. on May 1, 2018, United State Geological <br />Survey (USGS) Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) issued a report that a migration of <br />seismicity and deformation downrift (east) of Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō indicates that a large area along <br />the East Rift Zone is potentially at risk of new outbreak, possibly in the Lower Puna area. <br />The location of any future outbreak will determine what areas are in the path of new <br />lava flows; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent disaster due to property damage <br />and/or bodily injury to residents of Hawai‘i Island, and the need for government <br />agencies and representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide immediate <br />services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized pursuant to <br />Chapter 127A Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawai‘i County Code. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wil Okabe as Acting Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i, do <br />hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to threat of imminent <br />disaster on the Hawai‘i Island, effective 4:00PM, May 3, 2018, and continuing thereon for 60 <br />days or until further act by this office. <br /> <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the <br />County of Hawai‘i to be affixed. Done this 3rd day of May, 2018 in Hilo, Hawai‘i. <br /> <br />Wil Okabe <br />Acting Mayor <br />County of Hawai‘i