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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 546 08
A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING A MINIMUM FUEL-EFFICIENCY STANDARD
OF 35 MILES PER GALLON FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING, AS MEASURED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES
PURCHASED BY THE COUNTY.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council acknowledges that Hawaii County should
take the lead in the effort to reduce the county's dependence on fossil fuels and other imported
resources for electrical energy and transportation; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council endorses a reduction in overall use of energy
through efficiency measures; and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States recently enacted H.R. 6 -Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007, which was signed into law by President Bush on
December 19, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 raises the Corporate
Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars and light trucks, including SUVs, to an
average of 35 miles per gallon by 2020; and
WHEREAS, the federal Department of Transportation will begin to increase the CAFE
standards annually starting in 2011, and fuel efficiencies of 35 miles per gallon will become the
new industry standard for vehicles; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that all
future passenger vehicles purchased for the County fleet have minimum average mileage ratings,
as measured by the Environmental Protection Agency, of 35 miles per gallon for highway
driving.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the mayor assign qualified administrative
personnel to monitor the performance of the first 10 new fuel-efficient vehicles purchased, in
order to determine the overall cost-benefit of this purchase for the county, and that the mayor
report the results of this cost-benefit analysis to the council prior to submission of the fiscal year
2008-09 Operating Budget on March 1, 2009.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the County Clerk shall forwazd certified copies of
this resolution to Mayor Harry Kim and to the Director of the Department of Finance.
Dated at xilo ,Hawaii, this 25th day of March , 2008.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL ER, C LINTY OF WAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii Aves Noes ABS Ex
Hilo, Hawaii FORD g
HIGA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by HOFFMANN
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the IKEDA
County ofHawai`ion March 25, 2008 X
JACOBSON g
NAEOLE X
ATTEST; PILAGO
YAGONG X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-1051/FESC-1
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