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A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE BIG ISLAND RESOURCE
CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO ASSIST THE BIG ISLAND INVASIVE SPECIES COMMITTEE WITH EXPENSES TO CONTROL THE YELLOW HIMALAYAN RASPBERRY IN UPPER PUNA.
WHEREAS, the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council (BIRCDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist people of the Big Island in achieving
sustainable development while caring for and appreciating their natural environment to ensure broadened economic opportunities, enriched communities, and better lives; and
WHEREAS, Rubus ellipticus (Rosaceae family), commonly known as yellow Himalayan raspberry, is on the Hawai‘i State Noxious Weed List and is an extremely invasive species from South Asia
with sharp thorns and the ability to grow into impenetrable thickets that threaten native flora and species, such as the Rubus hawaiensis, commonly known as Hawaiian raspberry or ‘ākala;
and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC will partner with the Big Island Invasive Species Committee (BIISC) to support its efforts to control the yellow Himalayan raspberry in upper Puna; and
WHEREAS, BIRCDC is requesting funds to provide BIISC with equipment and supplies to control and prevent further spread of the yellow Himalayan raspberry found in large sections of upper
Puna; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Research and Development supports initiatives to identify and maximize the use of affordable and environmentally appropriate control of invasive species; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai‘i County Code, Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via resolution identifying
the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 5 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide
a grant to BIRCDC to assist BIISC with expenses to control the yellow Himalayan raspberry in upper Puna.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai‘i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND:
General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION:
$7,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91
Clerk-Council SVC – Contingency Relief
$7,500
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22
Department of Research and Development
$7,500
Agriculture R&D OCE
115 Misc. Contract Services
(BIRCDC – Yellow Himalayan Raspberry Control in Upper Puna)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Research and Development and Director of Finance, and that the Director of Finance
is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms of this resolution.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
_______________________________________
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
EVANS
GALIMBA
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KAGIWADA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
ATTEST:
KIMBALL
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.