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RESOLUTION NO. 444 14
A RESOLUTION URGING THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL TO
AWARD A $400,000 GRANT TO THE HAWAII COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS
AND RECREATION TO RESEARCH METHODS TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF
THE LITTLE FIRE ANT.
WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation has applied for a
grant from the Hawaii Invasive Species Council to control the spread of the little fire ant; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hawaii Ant Lab have
been working on a pilot project to identify the most effective and safest insecticides, and
methods of application to treat infestations of the little fire ant at county beaches and parks; and
WHEREAS,this grant will provide the necessary finding for labor, supplies and
equipment to expand this program to other beaches and parks across Hawaii Island; and
WHEREAS, the information from this program will allow state agencies, Hawaii
County, Honolulu City and County, Kauai County and Maui County, private citizens and
businesses to learn how to address the threat of the fire ant to preserve Hawaii's remaining
native ecosystem; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawaii Invasive Species Council is urged to award a$400,000 grant to the Hawaii County
Department of Parks and Recreation for fiscal year 2015 to research methods to control the
spread of the little fire ant.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the voting members of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council: William J. Aila Jr.,
chair of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Scott Enright, chair of the Department of
Agriculture; Gary Gill, deputy director of the Department of Health; Richard Lim, director of the
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism; David Rodriguez, special
assistant to the director of the Department of Transportation; and Dr. Maria Gallo, dean of the
University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
Dated at , Hawai`i,this day of , 20_.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF
FORD
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawaii on
KERN
ONISHI
ATTEST: POINDEXTER
WILLE
YOSHIMOTO
Reference: C-907/Waived GREDC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 444 14
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