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Home My WebLink AboutRES 231 Draft 01 2004-2006 tv or M ~ COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII •J •••h Oi~Mr`+' RESOLUTION NO. rL31 f16 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) WHEREAS, as of December 1, 2005, the Hamakua Youth Center closed its doors to the youth of Honoka`a; and WHEREAS, the Hamakua Youth Center prior to its closure served between 30 and 50 youths daily, representing over 150 students who attend on a regular or intermittent basis; and WHEREAS, the Hamakua Youth Center provides substance abuse prevention and awareness instruction, a positive environment for youth to participate in billiards and other games, free computer access including Internet and a general safe haven for participating youth; and WHEREAS, the Hamakua Youth Center is funded and managed by the Young Women's Christian Association of Hawaii [stand (YWCA); and WHEREAS, the YWCA reports that several unfortunate and unanticipated events led to the closure of the Hamakua Youth Center; and WHEREAS, these unfortunate and unanticipated events include the untimely and unexpected departure of key personnel and the loss of the Hamakua Youth Center's primary funding source (grant monies from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division, State of Hawai`i); and WHEREAS, the YWCA has formally requested emergency fiscal support to reopen the Hamakua Youth Center, providing a complete description of how said funding would be utilized to reopen and reinvigorate the E [amakua Youth Center; and WHEREAS, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Cowlty of Hawaii, is in concurrence with the YWCA's request for emergency fiscal support; and WHEREAS, the YWCA's desire to reopen the Hamakua Youth Center is in accordance with Prosecuting Attorney Jay Kimura's initiative to attend to the needs of youth in Hawaii by providing safe and structured environments with the goal of preventing drug use, unsafe sexual practices and overall juvenile delinquency, and WHEREAS, the Hamakua Youth Center is awell-received community resource with support from the Honoka`a Police Department, Honoka`a Intermediate and High School, the Lokahi Treatment Centers, the Power of Choice (POCH) youth drug prevention organization, the Salvation Army, the North Hawaii Drug Free Coalition and other community organizations/agencies; and WHEREAS, in a November, 2005 survey of 51 youths who utilize the Hamakua Youth Center, 39.2% of those surveyed said that they would "probably get into trouble", if the Hamakua Youth Center was closed; and WHEREAS, from the same survey, the following quote was extracted, "If the Youth Center closes, it means to me that the kids who come here wouldn't have any place to go and a majority will spend there time on the streets and get into major trouble. Honoka`a is a small town and the Youth Center is the only place where kids can come and feel safe." NOW, THEREFOKE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the following amount is hereby transferred and appropriated as set forth below: FUND: General AMOUNT OF APPROPRIATION: $10,000.00 OUT AND FROM: 010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC-Contingency Relief $10,000.00 CREDI"I'F,D TO: 010.271.5271.02 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, $10,000.00 Prosecuting Attorney OCE Emergency Funding Hamakua Youth Center (Program) YWCA (AgencyNendor) 8E IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this resolution to the Director of r finance and that the Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the terms a;`. this resolution. Dated at Hilo , Hawaii, this 5 tai, day of January , 2006. Introduced by: C COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL , ROLL CALL VOTE County of I-~awai'1 AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo, Hawaii ARAKAKI X HIGA X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLLTI'ION was by HOFFMANPJ X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the HOLSCHUI! X County of Hawaii on Januar~___5 , 2006 IKEDA X ISBELL X ATTEST: JACOBSON X PILAGO X SAFARIK X s.'.'~'me:.,..., 6 0 3 p i ' ~ C-607/Trlaived FC 1~ ' ~ Reference: COUNTY CLERK CT-IAIRMAN 8z RESI171NG OFFICER RESOLUTION NO.