HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 1028.000 2018-2020Harry Kim
Mayor
Deanna S. Sako
Director
Steven A. Hunt
Deputy Director
County of Hawaii
- Finance Department
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2103 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720
(808) 961-8234 Fax (808) 961-8569
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July 31, 2020
Aaron Chung, Council Chair and
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Members of the Hawaii County Council
Hawaii County Council
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Re: Agreement with the United States Geological Survey
Enclosed is a resolution to enter into an agreement with the United States Geological
Survey (USGS) to provide $48,336 for the purpose of continuing the Cooperative Flood -
Monitoring system on the Island of Hawaii. This program is to collect data to map
flood -prone areas for land -use management and the planning and designing of flood
management systems such as bridges, culverts and levees.
If there are any questions, please do not hesitate to call Sharilynn Olivar of the
Department of Department of Public Works at 961-8463.
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Deanna S. Sako
Director of Finance
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Ref. Date AUG 0 3- 2028
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider
Form #: B-52
7/18/91
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
STAFF CONTACT: Brvice Harada
A. REQUEST:
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
DATE:
PHONE:
July 24, 2020
961-8321
A resolution, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement between the County of
Hawaii and the U.S. Geological survey (USGS) for the purposes of continuing the Cooperative Flood -
Monitoring program on the island of Hawaii.
B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED):
This agreement with the USGS is an annually budgeted, joint funding agreement where the County of
Hawaii contributes $48,336 toward the flood -monitoring program for the collection of long-term systematic
data of annual peak streamflow in selected streams. The data collected may be used to map flood -prones
for land use management, and planning and designing flood management systems such as bridges,
culverts, and levees.
SIGNED:DATE: 1/74/�
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