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JMtv0s it COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII +r�cs•N►� RESOLUTION NO. 439 14 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I'S SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM GRANT WHEREAS, the State of Hawai'i Department of Transportation has authorized funding towards the County of HawaiTs Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program; and WHEREAS, the SRTS program is a program to improve the ability of Hawai'i County's children to safely walk or bicycle to school; and WHEREAS, the funds will be used to achieve at least one of the following goals: to enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk or bicycle to school; to make walking and bicycling to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative; and/or to facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools; and WHEREAS, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that County departments obtain the consent of the Council to enter into agreements with the Federal or State governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, in accordance with section 46-7, Hawai'i Revised Statutes, that the Mayor of the County of Hawai'i is authorized to execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents with the State of Hawai'i Department of Transportation, to enable the County to accept funds to implement its Safe Routes to School program.