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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 18? 07
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM THE DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S) AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT(S)
WHEREAS, Hawaii imports more than 90% of the food consumed on the island and
has only an eight-day supply of food in reserve in the event of an emergency; and
WHEREAS, increasing the island's food security by supporting family fazmers and
improving locally based food systems is critically important to ensure the safety and security of
the people of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, The Hawaii Island Food Security Symposium will help to generate
awareness about local food security issues and bring together the people who can help to shift the
future of Hawaiian agriculture toward an ecologically sound, self-sustaining system; and
WHEREAS, the Symposium will bring together leading national technical and policy
experts, local policy makers, private-sector stakeholders, farmers, and citizens to discuss
strategies to create a more self-sufficient local food system and create deeper working
relationships among these groups to plan for the future; and
WHEREAS, The Hawaii Island Food Security Symposium is pazt of a larger program
being sponsored by The Kohala Center, called "Planet Hawaii", which is examining natural,
material, and social systems on the island in order to find pathways to greater sustainability and
security for Hawai`i's communities; and
WHEREAS, funding will be required by The Kohala Center to sponsor speakers and
mount the Symposium in October 2007, and for printing, graphics, and publicity for The Hawaii
Island Food Security Symposium events; and
WHEREAS, discretionary funds from Council District 9 will be appropriated to the
Department of Research and Development to be used as a grant towards The Kohala Centex for
The Hawaii Island Food Security Symposium; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
following amount is hereby transferred/appropriated as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $10,000
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC -Contingency Relief $10,000
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5161.22 Department of Research & Development $10,000
Agricultural R & D Oce, Misc. Contract Services
(The Kohala Center, The Hawaii Island Food
Security Symposium)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and the Director of Finance and that the
Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the
terms of this Resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawaii, this 16th day of May , 2007.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL R, CO OP H WAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AvES NOES Ass Ex
Hilo, Hawaii FORD X
HIGA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HOFFMANN g
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of [he IKEDA
County of Hawaii on May 16 2007 X
JACOBSON
NAEOLE
ATTEST: PILAGO X
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO
9 0 0 0
Reference: C-3pp8~0y/Waiv~ejd FC
COl`N Y~LERK CHAIRMAN & G OF CER RESOLUTION NO. 1V / O