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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:
1. Purchase or build appropriate traps for feral pigs.
2. Formulate a procedure to receive requests for trapping assistance from
Hawaii County residents and to obtain written permission from said residents
for the setting of traps on private property, including indemnification of the
County of Hawaii and the designated Pig Hunters Association and their
respective agents from any and all liabilities, losses, or damages arising out of
the trapping of feral pigs on said private property.
3. Set and monitor traps and retrieve animals that aze successfully trapped in
accordance with guidelines formulated by the County and the designated Pig
Hunters Association.
4. Formulate a disposition plan for trapped feral pigs, whereby Hawaii County
families are able to utilize them for subsistence purposes.
5. Prepare a written report that shall include, at a minimum, the following
harvest information: date of harvest, location of property, name and address
of property owner, number of feral pigs trapped, and disposition of animals.
6. Prepaze written recommendations for future feral pig control prograzns in
Hawaii County.
7. Present said written report and recommendations to the Council at a regulazly
scheduled Committee and/or Council meeting in August 2008.
WHEREAS, the Council supports the development of a one-yeaz pilot program to trap
invasive feral pigs in residential and agricultural communities in Hawaii County by
recommending a $100,000 appropriation for the Department of Reseazch and Development to
administer this vital program beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the Council shall designate one of its members to participate in the
formulation of this one-year pilot program with the Mayor, Department of Research and
Development, and established Pig Hunters Association; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Mayor, Department of Reseazch and Development, and designated Council Member aze
authorized to coordinate with an established Hawaii Island Pig Hunters Association to formulate
a one-year pilot program to trap invasive feral pig populations in residential communities and
agricultural farm lots on Hawaii Island; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council recommends an appropriation of
$100,000 in the upcoming FY 2007-2008 budget for the Department of Research and
Development to fund said one-year pilot program; and
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BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Honorable
Harry Kim, Mayor, the Department of Research and Development, and established Pig Hunters
Associations on Hawaii Island.
Dated at , Hawaii, this day of , 2007.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBE O ' OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
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[ hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTTON was by HOFFMANN
the vote indicated [o the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the IKEDA
County of Hawaii on
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Reference: C- 2 9 5 / HSEDC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 134 7
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