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COUNTY OF HAWAIII •'fi STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 205 09
(Draft 2)
A RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR THE HIGHEST PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
IN THE COUNTY OF HAWAII
WHEREAS, the statewide unemployment rate for May 2009 was 7 4 percent with
Hawaii County's unemployment the highest at 10.4 percent; and
WHEREAS, funding capital improvement projects will help to stimulate the Big Island
economy at a time when it is most needed; and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council has created a list of capital improvement
projects throughout the Big Island that are in need of funding, and
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council feels that the most effective way to gain the
support of Congress is to submit one priority list as a unified Council rather than nine separate
lists from each district; and
WHEREAS, the capital improvement projects are ranked by priority as follows:
1. Laupahoehoe Point Access Road Improvement
2. Mid-Level Road (Ane Keohokalole Highway)
3. `Ainaloa Waterline Installation
4. La`aloa Street Extension (Kadua-Kona)
5. South Kona Police Station (Captain Cook)
6. Kahuku Park Community/Semor Center and Gym
7. County-Wide Radio Tower Installation
8. Kawailani Street Improvements (`Iwalani St. to Pohakulani St.), and
WHEREAS, this priority list will be sent to our Congressional delegation for the 2010
Congressional budget session, and
WHEREAS, each Council Member is responsible for providing documentation (e g,
plans and designs, maps, costs, etc.) of their district project upon request by our Congressional
delegation; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawaii County Council respectfully requests that Congress support and provide Federal
funding for the priority projects listed above.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward a copy of this
resolution to Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Representative Neil
Abercrombie, Representative Mazie K. Hirono, and Mayor William P. Kenoi.
Dated at Hawaii, this day of 2009
INTRODUCED BY:
CO CIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`l
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYLS NOES ABS Lx
Hilo, Hawaii ENRIQUES
FORD
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by GREENWELL
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the HOFFMANN
County of Hawaii on
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ATTEST ONISHI
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Reference ~yC-420.8/PWIRC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO 20 5 09 (Draft 2)
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