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Alayor Director
Diane Nakagawa
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County of Hawai`i
Finance Department
25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2103 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720
(808)961-8234 Fax(808)961-8569
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Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair and 4
Members of the Hawaii County Council
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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 $50,576 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 Leone Thompson of the
Department of Department of Public Works at 961-8013.
Deanna S. Sako
Director of Finance
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DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works DATE: July 9, 2022
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STAFF CONTACT: Keone Thompson PHONE: 961-8013
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A. REQUEST:
The Department of Public Works Engineering Division requests a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter
into an agreement with the United States Geological Survey (USGS)to continue 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 $50,576 toward the flood-monitoring program for the collection of long-term systematic
data of annual peak streamflow. The data collected is used to map flood-prone areas of land use
management, and planning and design of flood management systems such as bridges, culverts, and levees.
The agreement covers the cost of station operation and maintenance, quality assurance, real-time data
display on the USGS website, and data archival. Data will be collected by the USGS and stored in the USGS
National Water Information System database and made publicly available on the USGS website.
The following amounts cover the cost of the necessary field analytical work directly related to this program for
the period covering 10/1/22—9/30/23.
County $50,576 75.5%
USGS $16,384 24.5%
Total $66,960
_ffSIGNED: DATE:JUL 1 12022
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