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J+SY OF H,... <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII • ,ff. STATE OF HAWAII <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 549 16 <br /> A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO <br /> TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT <br /> PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 16-62 ON THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTION <br /> BALLOT. <br /> WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai`i County Charter, governs Charter amendments and <br /> revisions; and <br /> WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in <br /> sections 15-1 and 15-2, Hawai`i County Charter; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be <br /> adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of <br /> the entire membership of the Hawai`i County Council; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council <br /> shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the <br /> County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the <br /> publication of the full text of the proposed amendments in a daily newspaper of general <br /> circulation in the County as well as via an electronic medium, such as the internet, at least forty- <br /> five days (Saturday, September 24, 2016)prior to submission to the electors of the County; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawai`i Revised Statutes, requires that questions and <br /> issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election <br /> Officer of the State of Hawai`i not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day <br /> (Thursday, August 25, 2016) prior to the election; and <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 16-62, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai`i <br /> County Charter relating to the General Plan, was adopted after three readings on the following <br /> dates by the following votes: <br /> Reading Date Vote <br /> First Reading April 20, 2016 9 ayes, 0 noes <br /> Second Reading May 4, 2016 9 ayes, 0 noes <br /> Third Reading May 17, 2016 7 ayes, 1 no, 1 absent <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 16-62 was approved by Mayor William P. Kenoi on <br /> June 13, 2016, and published on June 25, 2016; now, therefore, <br />