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Greggor Ilagan <R•'�� .,•• ( )
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District 4—Puna Makai � Email: gilagan @hawaiicounty.gov
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawai`i 96720
DATE: Februrary 19, 2014
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TO: J Yoshimoto, Chairperson,
and Members of the Hawai`i County Council
FROM: "'Greggor Ilagan, Council Member
Council District 4
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to a Resolution Urging the Hawai`i State Legislature to
Approve Senate Bill No. 3067, Which Will Appropriate Funds for a Feasibility
Study for a Proposed Regional Library in the Puna District
Please find attached the proposed amendments to Resolution No. 287-14. The amendments are
illustrated below in Ramseyer format(material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken through;
material to be added in underlined; all bolded for emphasis only).
Resolution No. 287-14 is amended by amending the third Whereas clause to read as follows:
WHEREAS, the Pahoa Public and School Library has 32,000 books,with a total
collection size of approximately 37,000 items 3000-beaks}; and
A draft copy of Resolution No. 287-14, Draft 2 is attached with the proposed amendments
incorporated therein.
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Att.
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE
SENATE BILL NO. 3067, WHICH WILL APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR A
FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A PROPOSED REGIONAL LIBRARY IN THE PUNA
DISTRICT.
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WHEREAS, with a population of approximately 45,000, Puna is the fastest growing area
in the State of Hawai`i with the third most utilized library in the County; and
WHEREAS, the Pahoa Public and School Library has had no school librarian since 2009
and operates with four full-time staff, two temporary part-time workers, and one half-time
janitor; and
WHEREAS, the Pahoa Public and School Library has 32,000 books, with a total
collection size of approximately 37,000 items; and
WHEREAS, Puna has outgrown the "shared" library system at Pahoa Public and School
Library; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 3067 will appropriate approximately $350,000 in general
revenues for a Puna library feasibility study, which will include plans for design, site
improvements, and construction; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby urges the Hawai`i State Legislature to approve Senate Bill No. 3067, which will
appropriate funds for a feasibility study for a proposed regional library in the Puna district.
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 House Speaker Joseph M. Souki; the Honorable Mayor William P.
Kenoi; the Honorable Senator Russell E. Ruderman; and the Honorable Representative Faye P.
Hanohano.