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Home My WebLink AboutRES 164 Draft 02 1988-1992i COUNTY OF HAVY,{I~t~ : STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION No. 164 ~U (DRAFT 2) WHEREAS, the United States Air Force h.as called for proposals to build an Advanced Launch System (ALS) and five companies have responded with preliminary reports; and WHEREAS, only two of these companies, Martin Marietta Corporation; McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International have included the Ka'u District of the Island of Hawaii in their proposals; and WHEREAS, preliminary studies indicate that Hawaii has the highest environmental constraints; and WHEREAS, our state government has stated that their proposed launch facility which is presently being studied does not anticipate using such very large rockets; and WHEREAS, such a facility could be detrimental to our Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and our astromony projects on Mauna Kea. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED DY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that we inform the U.S. Air Force that we do not want our island to be considered as an advanced Launch System facility and request that no further study be made on this proposal which includes the Island of Hawaii. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of this resolution to the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator; the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga, United States Senator; the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, United States Representative; the Honorable Patricia F. Saiki, United States Representative; the Honorable John Waihee, Governor, State of Hawaii; State Senators Andrew Levin, Richard M. Matsuura, and Malama Solomon; State Representatives Jerry L. Chang, Virginia Isbell, Wayne Metcalf, Mike O'Kieffe, Harvey S. Tajiri, Dwight Y. Takamine; General Larry D. Welch, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; George Mead, Director of the State Office of Space Industry; and Admiral Thomas Hayward, Chairman of the Hawaii Space Development Authority Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 18th day of April 1990. INTRODUCED BY: COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on Apr i 1 18 , 19 9 0 ATTEST: //////,, ~ G~/ COUNTY C~'rn° AIRMAN & PR D NG OFFICER 1 __ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX DOMINGO X HALE X INOUYE X KOKUBUN X LAI X MAKUAKANE X RUDDLE X SCHUTTE X YAMASHIRO 8 0 0 Reference C-1503/EDC-14 RESOLUTION NO. is`# 30 (DRAFT 2) RUSSELL S. KOKUBUN Chairman & Presiding Officer MERLE K. LAI Vice-Chairwoman C~~.~`j~' C~~J~C1L County of Hawaii Hairnii County Building 25 Aupuni Strect Hilo, Hawaii 96720 May 9, 1990 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye United States Senator 722 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Enclosed is a copy of Resolution No. 164-90 which was adopted by the Council of the County of Hawaii on April 18, 1990. Robert S. Shinji DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK Encl. TAICASHI DOMINGO HELENE H. HALE LORIL'11\E R [NOLR'E ROBERT H. MAKUAKANE HARRY S. RUDDLE SPENCER K. SCHCTTE STEPHES K. YAMASHIRO Also sent to attached. list: Copies of transmittal letters sent to: The Honorable M.alama.Solomon State Senator State Capitol, P.oom 205 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Richard P?atsuura State Senator State Captiol, Room 201 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Andrew Levin State Senator State Capitol, F.oom 208 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Playne State House State Capitol, Room Honolulu, HI 96813 Gen. Larry D. Welch Chief of Staff, U. S. AIR FORCE The Pentagon, Room 4E925 AF/CC Washington, D. C. 20330-2000 Mr. George Mead, Director Office of Space Industry State of Hawaii Central Pacific Plaza 220 S. King St., Suite 840 Honolulu, HI 96813 Adm. (Ret.) Thomas B. Hayward, Chairman Metcalf Hawaii Space Development Authority Central Pacific Plaza 428 220 S. King St., Suite 840 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Virginia Isbell State House State Capitol, Room 427 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable :•?ike O'Kieffe State House State Capitol, F.oom 413 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Harvey Tajiri State House State Can_itol, Room 319 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honorable Dwight Takamine State House State Capitol, Room 424 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Honcrable Jerr•~ Chang State House State Capitol, Poom 320 Honolulu, HI 96813 The Office of The Hon. Spark M. Matsunaga United States Senate 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. 20510 The Hon. Daniel K. Akaka U. S. Representative 2301 P.ayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. 20515 Hon. Patricia Saiki U. S. Rep. 1407 Longworth House Office Bldg. Wash., D. C. 21515 The Hon. John D. Waihee Governor, State of HI State Capitol Honolulu, HI 96813 COUNTY OF HAVIfA ~~e,.~STATE OF HAWAII ..._ . RESOLUTION No. 264 90 WHEREAS, the United States Air Force has called for proposals to build an Advanced Launch System (ALS) and five companies have responded with preliminary reports; and WHEREAS, only two of these companies, Martin Marietta Corporation/McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell International have included the Ka'u District of the Island of Hawaii in their proposals; and WHEREAS, preliminary studies indicate that Hawaii has the highest environmental constraints; and WHEREAS, our state government has stated that their proposed launch facility which is presently being studied does not anticipate using such very large rockets; and WHEREAS, in-migration of workers would only compound our finite infrastructure and resources and has little value for our own people; and WHEREAS, such a facility could be detrimental to our Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and our astromony projects on Mauna Kea. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that we inform the U.S. Air Force that we do not want our island to be considered as an advanced Launch System facility and request that no further study be made on this proposal which includes the Island of Hawaii. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of this resolution to the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator; the Honorable Spark M. Matsunaga, United States Senator; the Honorable Daniel K. Akaka, United States Representative; the Honorable Patricia F. Saiki, United States Representative; the Honorable John Waihee, Governor, State of Hawaii; General Larry D. Welch, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; George Mead, Director of the State Office of Space Industry; and Admiral Thomas Hayward, Chairman of the Hawaii Space Development Authority Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this day of INTRODUCED BY: 1990. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on ATTEST: COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX DOMINGO HALE INOUYE KOKUBUN LAI MAKUAKANE RUDDLE SCHUTTE YAMASHIRO Reference ~ ~ 3 / EDC RESOLUTION NO. 164 9~ DANIEL K. INOUYE Pxmc[ Kueio Feo[n4~ Buuoino HAWAII Boor 7326, 300 Au MO/~NA BOULEVARD Hoxoiuw, HI 88860 1808)641-2642 `~lnite~ ~tate$ senate FA%18081 641-2 6 4 9 SUITE 722, HART SENATE BUILDING WASHINGTON, DC 20610 (202) 224-3934 FAX 1202)224-8747 May 16, 1990 Mr. Robert S. Shioji Deputy County Clerk County of Council County of Hawaii Hawaii County Building 25 Aupuni Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Mr, Shioji: Thank you for your letter of P4ay 9, 1990 containing a copy of Resolution No. 164-90 pertaining to the Advanced Launch System on the Island of Flawaii. 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