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;tY OF p1jr' '��.: STATE OF HAWAI I COUNTY OF HAWAII �•�� •- ` ,rE� F� '� RESOLUTION NO. 324 11 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 HAWAII COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL FOR THE PURCHASE OF CITRIC ACID TO CONTROL COQUI FROGS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 8. WHEREAS, West Hawai`i residents continue to fight the coqui frog infestation using citric acid; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i County Economic Opportunity Council (HCEOC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that has been helping to provide citric acid to Hawai`i Island residents; and WHEREAS, HCEOC is requesting additional funds to purchase more citric acid to assist the West Hawai`i residents in Council District 8 with controlling coqui frogs in their neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, one of the objectives of the Department of Research and Development is to support research or extension projects on invasive species, such as the coqui frog; 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 8 will be appropriated to the Department of Research and Development to provide a grant to HCEOC for the purchase of citric acid to control the coqui frog infestation in Council District 8. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: