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COUNTY OF HAWAII �' •- STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 50 13
A RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO
SUPPORT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.
WHEREAS, the United States Congress established the National Center for Safe Routes
to School (National Center) in May 2006; and
WHEREAS, the National Center works to improve safety on walking and bicycling
routes to school, and to encourage children and families to travel between home and school by
walking and biking; and
WHEREAS, the National Center provides technical support and resources, including a
website, webinars, reference manuals and case studies; and
WHEREAS, the National Center provides resources and training to enable state
Departments of Transportation to manage the Safe Routes to School federal program; and
WHEREAS, the counties are eligible recipients of Safe Routes to School federal funds;
and
WHEREAS, President Obama signed into law on July 6, 2012, the Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act(Public Law 112-141), also known as MAP-21; and
WHEREAS, MAP-21 does not provide dedicated to the National Center, instead making
the National Center eligible to compete with other programs for the funds it needs to operate; and
WHEREAS, MAP-21 places new funding to the National Center in jeopardy, resulting
in the potential loss of a valuable resource for the coordination of safety measures for school
children; and
WHEREAS, the National Association of Counties (NACo) Legislative Conference will
convene March 2-6 in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, the NACo Legislative Conference will consider a resolution supporting
continued funding for the National Center for Safe Routes to School; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
National Association of Counties is urged to approve a resolution supporting continued federal
funding for the National Center for Safe Routes to School.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the President of the National Association of Counties, the Chair of the NACo
Community and Economic Development Steering Committee, the President of the Hawai`i State
Association of Counties, the Secretary of the Hawai`i State Association of Counties,the Chair of
the Maui County Council, the Chair of the Council of the City and County of Honolulu, and the
Chair of the Kaua`i County Council.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of February , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawaii 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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