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RESOLUTION NO. 49 13
A RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR, THE HAWAII CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION, AND ALL STATE OF HAWAII LEGISLATORS TO ENCOURAGE
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SELECT HAWAII AS THE SITE FOR HIS PRESIDENTIAL
LIBRARY.
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2011, the Council of the City and County of Honolulu
unanimously adopted Resolution No. 11-124, which urges President Obama to select a location
in Hawai`i as the site for his presidential library; and
WHEREAS, the City and County of Honolulu has potential sites for the library and
museum on the water front near the airport in the Kaka`ako section, and at the new West Oahu
University of Hawai`i campus; and
WHEREAS, University of Hawai`i at Manoa faculty members have met with officials
from other presidential libraries and are continuing to develop a proposal to house President
Obama's presidential library; and
WHEREAS, the Obama Presidential Library could be developed to surpass the existing
13 presidential libraries in both size and technological capabilities; and
WHEREAS, the library is expected to feature galleries, public experiences, theatrical
presentations and more, capturing the leadership, the human drama, the agonizing decisions, the
achievements and the legacy of the Obama presidency; and
WHEREAS, a presidential library in Hawai`i would provide the people of Hawai`i with
access to the documents and artifacts of the Obama administration, which comprise a significant
piece of our nation's history; and
WHEREAS, Barack Obama, the forty-fourth President of the United States, was born
and raised in Hawai`i and continues to maintain an ongoing close relationship with the State; and
WHEREAS, locating the library in Hawai`i would provide extraordinary short and long-
term economic benefits to the State; and
WHEREAS, the University of Chicago, located in the state of Illinois, is also competing
for the library; now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
strongly urges the Governor and all State of Hawai`i Legislators to encourage President Obama
to select Hawai`i as the site for his presidential library.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall forward copies of this
resolution to the Honorable President Barack H. Obama, the Honorable United States Senator
Mazie K. Hirono, the Honorable United States Senator Brian Schatz, the Honorable United
States Representative Colleen Hanabusa, the Honorable United States Representative Tulsi
Gabbard, all Senators and Representatives of the Hawai`i State Legislature, the Honorable
Governor Neil Abercrombie, the respective Mayors of the Counties of Hawai`i, Kaua`i, Maui,
and the City and County of Honolulu, the Kaua`i County Council, the Maui County Council, the
City and County of Honolulu Council, and the Chancellor of the University of Hawai`i.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of February , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCI EMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF X
FORD X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawaii on February 20, 2013 X
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
WILLE X
YOSHIMOTO X
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Reference: C-112/Waived GREDC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 49 13
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