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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. ~2~ ~8 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, STATE CIVIL DEFENSE, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE UNDERAGE DRINKING PREVENTION INITIATIVES GRANT WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Department of Defense's Counterdrug Support Program has awarded a grant to the Department of Liquor Control for its Underage Drinking Prevention Initiatives Program; and WHEREAS, these funds are derived from the Federal's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and is passed through the State of Hawaii Department of Health and Human Services and the Coalition for aDrug-Free Hawaii; and WHEREAS, the Department of Liquor Control is well aware that consumption of intoxicating liquors by youths can lead to at-risk behaviors; and WHEREAS, the funds will be used to conduct the following services: 1) To conduct a Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco (DAT) Awareness Training program on the effects of intoxicating liquors as it impacts at-risk behaviors and to impart this information through the development of student/parent informational brochure for distribution during DAT presentations at our elementary schools as well as for general distribution; 2) To collaborate with Hawaii Community College Visual Arts Program to develop a prevention of underage drinking media program for placement and viewing at various public information venues throughout the college; 3) To conduct merchant education and compliance checks at retail outlets with primary focus on licenses located near school campuses to ensure that licensees are conducting valid ID checks and are not selling liquor to minors; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that county departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers.