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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 372 19 <br /> A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT <br /> AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A <br /> DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE WEST HAWAII <br /> VETERANS CEMETERY DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION ASSOCIATION, INC., <br /> FOR ITS REFORESTATION PROJECT AT THE WEST HAWAII VETERANS <br /> CEMETERY-PU`U HO`OMAHA 0 NA PO`E KOA 0 HAWAII KOMOHANA. <br /> WHEREAS, the West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery Development and Expansion <br /> Association, Inc., (WHVCDEA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization consisting of veteran <br /> organizations, individual veterans, and citizens that have organized and facilitated countless <br /> projects at the West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery-Pu`u Ho`omaha 0 Na Po`e Koa 0 Hawai`i <br /> Komohana(WHVC) in honor of our veterans; and <br /> WHEREAS, WHVC has been designated "Shrine Status" by the Veterans Administration <br /> (VA), which makes it one of only three State-owned veterans' cemeteries in the nation to receive <br /> this honor; and <br /> WHEREAS, WHVCDEA has requested funds to pay for a reforestation project that <br /> requires irrigation system maintenance and invasive species control at WHVC; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation works in partnership with <br /> WHVCDEA and is supportive of its efforts to maintain and improve WHVC; and <br /> WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawai`i County Code, <br /> Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via <br /> resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, <br /> activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, <br /> therefore, <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that <br /> Contingency Relief funds from Council District 8 will be appropriated to the Department of <br /> Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to WHVCDEA for its reforestation project at WHVC. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby <br /> transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: <br />