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.tY•oF N. 44.0 COUNTY OF HAWAIII•= �S.W:1•1i STATE OF HAWAII • RESOLUTION NO. 640 IS (DRAFT 2) A RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES TO CONSULT WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIRECT TRADITIONAL, CULTURAL,AND FAMILIAL TIESITO THE AREAS OF PUNA AND KA`U THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE RECENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY,IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH APPROPRIATE NAMES FOR THE FISSI RE 8 VENT OR ANY OTHER FEATURES OF THE 2018 ERUPTION OF KILAUEA VOLCANO. WHEREAS, Section 4E-1 of the Hawai`i Revised Statutes states that the State Board on Geographic Names shall be composed of the chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the chairperson of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission, the director of the Office of Planning,the president of the University of Hawaii, the state land surveyor, and the director of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, or their respective representatives;resentatives; and WHEREAS, Section 4E-3(a) of the Hawaii Revised Statutes states that the State Board on Geographic Names "...shall designate the official names and spellings of geographic-features in Hawaii and provide for circulation thereof to the appropriate state and other agencies. In its deliberations, the board shall solicit and consider the advice and recommendations of the appropriate county government officials, and, should the board desire, other knowledgeable persons."; and WHEREAS, following a magmatic intrusion into the East Rift Zone of Kilauea volcano, the first of two dozen fissures erupted on May 3, 2018, near Mohalu Street in Leilani Estates; and WHEREAS,the eighth fissure,known as Fissure 8, opened on May 5, 2018, near Luana Street in Leilani Estates, and briefly erupted lava fountains an estimated 230 feet high, sending a slow-moving lava flow approximately 0:6 miles northward and covering many homes in the subdivision; and