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COUNTY OF HAWAII
STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RELOCATION OF THE HA WAIl COMMUNITY
COLLEGE CAMPUS TO THE DOWNTOWN HILO AREA.
WHEREAS, the Downtown Hilo area is comprised of twelve square blocks of historic
commercial buildings and residences; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Hilo area has suffered from a number of commercial
vacancies due to Hawaii's sluggish economy, retirement of merchants and changing market
demands; and
WHEREAS, there remains a steadfast core of professional offices, retail shops,
restaurants, and recreational amenities within the area; and
WHEREAS, due to its own limited and deteriorating facility on Manono Street, the
Hawaii Community College shares classroom space within the University of Hawaii at Hilo
campus; and
WHEREAS, both the Hawaii Community College and the University of Hawaii at Hilo
are at a level of growth which requires additional classroom space to meet their expanding
student populations and program needs; and
WHEREAS, initial discussions with the State Executive Branch, the administrations of
the University of Hawaii and the Hawaii Community College and the Hilo Downtown
Improvement Association have resulted in positive projections for the potential relocation of the
Community College to Downtown Hilo; and
WHEREAS, the proposed relocation would offer a win-win situation to the Hawaii
Community College and the University by allowing each to expand its own programs, and the
merchants and property owners in Downtown Hilo would benefit from the economic stimulation
that would result from such a move; and
WHEREAS, monies have been earmarked for new classroom construction, which might
be redirected to planning and implementing the relocation of the Community College to
Downtown Hilo.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
HA WAIl that it does hereby extend its unequivocal support to the further pursuit of relocating
the Hawaii Community College to Downtown Hilo.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Council that it urges the State Legislature and the
University of Hawaii Board of Regents to move promptly to allocate the necessary funds to
complete an inventory and determine the feasibility of such a move.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of
this Resolution to the Honorable Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii;
Stephen K. Yamashiro, Mayor County of Hawaii; Wayne Metcalf, State Senator; Jerry Chang,
State Representative; Lily Yao, Chairperson of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents;
William Pearman, Interim Chancellor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo; Sandra Sakaguchi,
Provost at Hawaii Community College; and Randolph Rohner, President of the Hilo Downtown
Improvement Association.
Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 2nd day of
June
, 1997.
CIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HA WAIl
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
ROLL CALL VOTE
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COUNTY CLERK ' l~lIAtRMAN& PRESIDING OmCER
AYES NOES ADS EX
ARAKAKI X
CHUNG X
LEITIlEAD-TODD X
RAY X
REYNOLDS X
SANTANGELO X
SMITH X
TYLER X
YAGONG X
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I bereby certify tbat tbe foregoing RESOLUTION was by the
vote indicated to tbe right bereof adopted by the COUNCIL of tbe
County of Bawaii on June 2, 1997
A TrEST:
RESOLUTION NO.
75, 97
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