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RESOLUTION NO. 509 16
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 Hawaii Department of Transportation has authorized funding
towards the County of Hawaii's Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program; and
WHEREAS, the SRTS program is a program to improve the ability of Hawaii 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, Hawaii 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, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that the Mayor of the County of Hawaii is authorized
to execute, on behalf of the County, an agreement and related documents with the State of
Hawaii Department of Transportation, to enable the County to accept funds to implement its Safe
Routes to School program.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk of the County of Hawai'i shall
transmit copies of this resolution to the Office of the Mayor, the Finance Department, and the
Department of Public Works.
Dated at Kona , Hawai'i, this 20th day of April , 2016.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii AYES NOES ABS EX
Ililo, Hawaii CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN X
ty
Counof Hawaii on April 20_, 2016 .
KANUHA X
ONISIII X
ATTEST: PALEKA X
POINDEXTER x
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Reference: C-836/Waived EC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 509 16