HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 026 Draft 01 2008-2010COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAI~I~
RESOLUTION NO. 26 09
A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING DIALOG BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,
THE STATE OF HAWAII, AND APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REGARDING ELIGIBILITY UNDER ANY
AND ALL EXISTING OR PROPOSED ECONOMIC STIMULUS AND
STABILIZATION PACKAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NEW
"FOOD, CONSERVATION AND ENERGY ACT OF 2008".
WHEREAS, economic stimulus and stabilization packages are currently being
encouraged and proposed by programs such as the new Food, Conservation and Energy Act of
2008 (also known as the 2007 U. S. Farm Bill, the Farm Bill Extension Act of2007 or Farm,
Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, and the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007), enacted
on May 22, 2008, which relate to various azeas such as energy, conservation, nutrition, and rural
development; and
WHEREAS, these economic stimulus and stabilization packages also encompass a wide
variety of programs that promote and foster reseazch, education, and activities designed to ensure
that these programs effectively coordinate and integrate across various disciplines, agencies, and
institutions; and
WHEREAS, during periods of economic downturn and employment instability, it is both
prudent and opportune that the County of Hawaii collaborate and work diligently with the State
of Hawaii to identify and pursue these programs and any other source of federal funding
beneficial to the citizens of the County of Hawaii and of this State; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of promoting safe and healthy environments and economic
stability for its citizens, the Hawaii County Council finds that it is imperative and fiscally
prudent that the County of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii collaborate and pursue any and all
economic stimulus and stabilization programs that are applicable to, and which both the County
of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii are eligible; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that in the interest of public health, safety, welfare, and economic
well-being, it is both fiscally prudent and opportune that the County of Hawaii work jointly with
the State of Hawaii in pursuing the various economic stimulus and stabilization packages that
are mutually beneficial to the County of Hawaii and State of Hawaii, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii aze
encouraged to commence dialog through interagency networking and begin the process of
identifying the various programs that both the County of Hawaii and the State of Hawaii could
be deemed eligible including, but not limited to, the new "Food, Conservation and Energy Act;
of 2008", and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward certified copies of
this resolution to the Honorable Governor Linda Lingle, the Honorable Mayor of the County of
Hawaii, the Honorable Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, the Chair of the Council of
the City and County of Honolulu, the Honorable Mayor of the County of Kauai, the Chair of the
Kauai County Council, the Honorable Mayor of the County of Maui, the Chair of the Maui
County Council, the United States Secretazy of Agriculture, and the United States Secretary of
the Interior.
Dated at , Hawaii, this
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii
1 hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
Countv of Hawai `i on
ATTEST:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
ENRIQUES
FORD
GREENWELL
HOFFMANN
IKEDA
NAEOLE
ONISHI
YAGONG
YO$HIMOTO
Reference: C-57/FESC
RESOLUTION NO. 26 ~9
day of , 2009.