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.../K-7,,,,,,,,, ,, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I i•ice__.--'-5'_.' 1 • STATE OF HAWAI`I RESOLUTION NO. 475 24 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 FOR THE PURCHASE OF CITRIC ACID TO CONTROL COQUI FROGS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 1. WHEREAS, Hawai`i Island residents continue to fight the coqui frog infestation using citric acid; and WHEREAS, the Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council (BIRCDC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports conservation, agricultural research, and economic development on Hawai`i Island; and WHEREAS, BIRCDC is requesting funds to purchase citric acid to assist the residents in Council District 1 with controlling coqui frogs in their neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Department of Research and Development is to support research or extension projects on invasive species, such as the coqui frog; 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 1 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to BIRCDC for the purchase of citric acid to control the coqui frog infestation in Council District 1. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: