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p COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 1~9: U'7 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND DESIGNATED COUNCIL MEMBER TO COORDINATE WITH AN ESTABLISHED HAWAII ISLAND PIG HUNTERS ASSOCIATION TO FORMULATE AONE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO TRAP INVASIVE FERAL PIG POPULATIONS IN HAWAII ISLAND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AND AGRICULTURAL FARM LOTS. WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council recognizes the need to address problems caused by invasive feral pig populations in residential communities and agricultural farm lots on Hawaii Island; and WHEREAS, feral pigs have caused severe property damage and cmp losses due to their grubbing and rooting activities; and WHEREAS, in addition to suffering physical and economic damages, property owners island-wide have complained that they are fearful of encountering wild pigs outside of their homes and on their properties; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Island residents aze requesting assistance from County government to help address the growing problem of feral pigs as County government had done in its initiation of coqui frog eradication and control programs; and WHEREAS, the Council recognizes that an organized trapping program in residential and agricultural communities would be the safest and most efficient way of dealing with feral pig populations; and WHEREAS, the Council proposes that this organized trapping program be strictly intended to address problems confronting residential artd agricultural farming communities, and is not intended to trap feral pigs in established hunting azeas or forest and watershed reserves designated as public hunting areas by the State Depaztment of Land and Natural Resources; and WHEREAS, the Council supports the development of a one-year pilot program by the County in coordination with an established Hawaii Island Pig Hunters Association to accomplish the following: