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.'4pV��4 of '''''. COUNTY OF HAWAI`I �:' •' STATE OF HAWAI`I RESOLUTION NO. 377 23 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 HAWAI`I ISLAND VETERANS MEMORIAL INC. TO ASSIST WITH EXPENSES TO DISPLAY THE WALL THAT HEALS,A MOBILE REPLICA OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WHEREAS,the Hawai`i Island Veterans Memorial Inca(HIVM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that develops community projects,programs, and activities for Hawai`i Island's many veterans and veteran groups; and WHEREAS, The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that was created in 1996 and designed to travel across the United States to spread its healing legacy by allowing those enshrined on the Memorial to exist among family and friends in familiar surroundings, and providing thousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of visiting the Memorial with the strength and courage to do so within their own communities; and WHEREAS, The Wall That Heals has been displayed at nearly 700 communities throughout the nation, and Hawai`i County is honored to host The Wall That Heals and the mobile Education Center on January 22-28, 2024, at Mo`oheau Park (football field No. 2) in Hilo; and WHEREAS, HIVM is requesting funds to assist with the expenses for electrical generators for the 24-hour display, shrink wrap for transporting the exhibit, and a site fee to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund; and WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation works in partnership with HIVM and is supportive of its efforts to display The Wall That Heals in Hawai`i County; 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 8 will be appropriated to the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to HIVM to assist with expenses to display The Wall That Heals, a mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in Washington, D.C.