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RESOLUTION NO. 683 16
A RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTY TO ESTABLISH EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS TO REDUCE LAND-BASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO MARINE DEBRIS,
AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HAWAII ISLAND PACKAGING SUSTAINABILITY
INITIATIVE STAKEHOLDERS TASK FORCE.
WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Island Packaging Sustainability Initiative Stakeholders Task
Force (HIPSIS) is comprised of participants from divergent backgrounds and interests as
designated by Resolution No. 565-16, Draft 3; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS task force completed the third of its three scheduled meetings
on October 6, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that marine debris is harmful to marine life
due to entanglement and ingestion and habitat destruction such as physical interference by
obstruction of sunlight and smothering of marine life; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force believes many residents and visitors are not aware
of the serious degree of harm to marine birds and fish caused by marine debris; and
WHEREAS,the HIPSIS Task Force also agrees that marine debris along the shoreline
and on the near shore reef detracts from the beauty of Hawai`i Island, which is detrimental to
tourism, an important source of economic wellbeing; and
WHEREAS, the HIPSIS Task Force agrees that the County and its residents can do more
to prevent land-based refuse from becoming marine debris; and
WHEREAS, education programs aimed at the quantifiable reduction of marine debris in
terms of source reduction of potential litter and at minimizing litter that may find its way to the
ocean is a critical step to reduce marine debris; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
sufficient funds be budgeted for the next and future fiscal years for educational programs for
Hawai`i County aimed at reducing land-based marine debris.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Office of the Mayor, Department of Environmental Management, and the
Finance Department.
Dated at_ Kona , Hawaii, this 21st day of December , 2016.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL'MEMBER, COUTY OF HAWAII
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I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the X
Count of Hawaii on December 21, 2016 KANUHA
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COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 683 16
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