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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br />RESOLUTION NO. 20 <br />M V MEMO M 01 IM M 191M.11 M M MEN M M 1,M) 9 <br />WHEREAS, the North Kohala Community Resource Center (NKCRC) is a 5 01 (c)(3) <br />nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the number of successful community <br />projects that benefit North Kohala; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2000, a special group of North Kohala residents rekindled the <br />community by hosting a North Kohala Reunion that is held every five years, and has since grown <br />in scope of cultural, historical, and educational offerings orchestrated by the reunion committee; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, since its inception, the North Kohala Reunion attracts thousands of <br />families, friends, community members, and tourists to the community of North Kohala where <br />much Hawaiian history and plantation culture was formed and is celebrated; and <br />WHEREAS, NKCRC is working with the committee to coordinate this event and is <br />requesting funds for advertising and promotional expenses for the 2020 North Kohala Reunion <br />being held July 3 — 5, 2020 at the Kamehameha Park complex; and <br />WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Department of Research and Development is to <br />support the sustainability of our island's communities through community-based collaboration <br />and capacity building services; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii 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 9 will be appropriated to the Department of <br />Research and Development to provide a grant to NKCRC for advertising and promotional <br />expenses related to the 2020 North Kohala Reunion. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawaii hereby <br />transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: <br />