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RESOLUTION NO. 52 13
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A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO RENAME THE SADDLE ROAD IN HONOR OF DANIEL K.
INOUYE.
WHEREAS, Daniel K. Inouye was elected as the United States Senator from Hawai`i in
1962, and re-elected in 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004 and 2010; and
WHEREAS, Senator Inouye was chair of the Appropriations Committee and President
Pro Tempore at the time of his death on December 17, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Senator Inouye represented the people of Hawai`i and the nation honestly
and to the best of his ability; and
WHEREAS, Senator Inouye used his seniority and influence during his nearly 50 years
in the Senate to help Hawai`i benefit from federal expenditures relating to national defense,
transportation, higher education, astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community
development; and
WHEREAS, Senator Inouye directed federal funds to Hawai`i for the realignment of
State Route 200, known as the Saddle Road; and
WHEREAS, the completed Saddle Road will support national defense, transportation,
astronomy, agriculture, economic development and community development; and
WHEREAS, upon completion of the realignment of the Saddle Road, the State of
Hawai`i Department of Transportation will have sole jurisdiction over the highway; and
WHEREAS, Hawai`i Senate Resolution No. 21, Hawai`i Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 43, and House Concurrent Resolution No. 42 request the State of Hawai`i Department of
Transportation, when appropriate, to rename the Saddle Road the "Daniel K. Inouye Legacy
Highway"; and
WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road would not affect the status of federal or
state funding for ongoing and future construction; and
WHEREAS, the renaming of the Saddle Road is an appropriate and permanent way to
remind users of the highway of the legacy of Senator Inouye; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
State of Hawai`i Department of Transportation is urged to rename the Saddle Road in honor of
Daniel K. Inouye.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Governor Neil Abercrombie, the Honorable Senate President Donna
Mercado Kim, the Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives Joe Souki, Department of
Transportation Director Glenn M. Okimoto, and the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 13th day of March , 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, 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 March 13, 2013 X
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
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WILLS X
YOSHIMOTO X
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON &PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 52 13
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