HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 054 Draft 01 1998-2000 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 54 99
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF MICONIA IN HAWAII.
WHEREAS, the State Department of Agriculture recognized the dangerous nature of
Miconia calvescens by placing it on the Noxious Weed List, thereby encouraging funding and
participation in control efforts; and
WHEREAS, Miconia has demonstrated its invasive nature by dominating nearly 70% of
Tahiti's native forest lands; and
WHEREAS, the largest Miconia population in the State is located on the Island of
Hawaii, and contaminates between 10,000 and 20,000 acres of land; and
WHEREAS, Miconia contamination threatens our islands' agricultural production, and
forested watersheds, and endangers native forests and their endemic plant and animal
inhabitants; and
WHEREAS, the County of Hawaii has supported "Operation Miconia" financially for the
past three years with a total grant of $181,000; and
WHEREAS, the effort will have to be sustained for six to nine years until the viability of
previously matured seeds has passed; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 1494 appropriates $175,000 towards federal matching funds
for the miconia eradication program in the County of Hawaii.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII that it encourages the State Legislature contribute to the funding of "Operation Miconia's"
Big Island Control Program by enacting Senate Bill No. 1494.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council also urges the State Department of Land and
Natural Resources and the State Department of Agriculture to continue and increase agency support
for the field control efforts on the Big Island.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawaii transmit copies of this
resolution to the Honorable Benjamin Cayetano, Governor of the State of Hawaii; the Honorable
Norman Mizuguchi, President of the Senate of the State of Hawaii; the Honorable Calvin Say,
Speaker of the House of the State of Hawaii; the Honorable Senators Lorraine Inouye, Andrew Levin
and David Matsuura; the Honorable Representatives Jerry Chang, Robert Herkes, Eric Hamakawa,
Jim Rath, Dwight Takamine and Paul Whalen; Mr. Tim Johns, Chairman of the Board of Land and
Natural Resources, and James Nakatani, Chairman of the Department of Agriculture.
ODUCED BY:
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the cote md¢aied m the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the JACOBSON
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Reference:_ C-179
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRMAN d PRESIDING OFFICER u1
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