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COUNTYOFHAWAIISTATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 238 17
A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT
AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A
DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE CONSERVATION
COUNCIL FOR HAWAII FOR THE `OHI`A LOVE FEST COMMUNITY EVENT TO
SUPPORT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF RAPID `OHI`A DEATH.
WHEREAS, the Conservation Council for Hawai`i is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization dedicated to protecting native Hawaiian plants, animals, and ecosystems for future
generations; and
WHEREAS,the Conservation Council for Hawai`i is working with the University of
Hawai`i's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources Cooperative Extension Service
to coordinate the `Ohi`a Love Fest, which will be held on August 27, 2017, at the `Imiloa
Astronomy Center, to educate and promote awareness of Rapid `Ohi`a Death; and
WHEREAS,Rapid `Ohi`a Death is a new fungal disease that was first reported on
Hawai`i Island in 2010, which has already killed hundreds of thousands of`ohi`a lehua trees
across more than 50,000 acres on Hawaii Island; and
WHEREAS, `ohi`a lehua is endemic to Hawai`i and is the backbone of Hawai`i's native
forests and watersheds, the source of fresh water on our island; and
WHEREAS, the `Ohi`a Love Fest will be an informational event with several participating
collaborators including the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Forestry and
Wildlife, State of Hawai`i Department of Agriculture's Plant Quarantine Branch, United States
Department of Agriculture's (USDA)Agricultural Research Service, USDA Forest Service, Three
Mountain Alliance, The Nature Conservancy, Big Island Invasive Species Committee, University
of Hawaii at Hilo, Kohala Watershed Partnership, and Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park; and
WHEREAS, this community event falls within the Department of Research and
Development's mission to facilitate/support the sustainability of Hawaii Island's communities
through community-based collaborations and capacity-building services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai`i County Code,
Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via
resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity,
service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
Contingency Relief funds from Council District 4 will be appropriated to the Department of
Research and Development to provide a grant to the Conservation Council for Hawaii to support
the `Ohi`a Love Fest on August 27, 2017, in Hilo.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby
transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below:
FUND: General
AMOUNT OF
APPROPRIATION: $6,500
OUT AND FROM:
010.101.5101.91 Clerk-Council SVC—Contingency Relief $6,500
CREDITED TO:
010.161.5162.98 Department of Research and Development $6,500
HI Cty Resource Center
115 Misc. Contract Services
• (Conservation Council for Hawai`i—`Ohi`a Love Fest)
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Director of Research and Development and Director of Finance, and that the
Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the necessary transfers in accordance with the
terms of this resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 2nd day of August , 2017 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i T AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i - 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 KANUHA X
County of Hawai`i on August 2, 2017 .
LEE LOY X
O'HARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
7/ RUGGLES X
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Reference: C-352/Council
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 238 1
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