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COUNTY OF HAWAII � `�'= � / • STATE OF HAWAII <br /> • <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 692 20 <br /> A RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND SUPPORTING THE `AINA ALOHA ECONOMIC <br /> FUTURES INITIATIVE FOR THE COUNTY OF HAWAII. <br /> WHEREAS, the present fiscal, environmental, social, and health care crises present a <br /> rare opportunity to effect lasting structural change toward a stronger and more sustainable <br /> Hawai`i; and <br /> WHEREAS, a group of Native Hawaiian community leaders came together to have their <br /> collective voices, values, and experiences influence the economic recovery, and have developed <br /> a four-step process for pono action under the `Aina Aloha Economic Futures (AAEF) initiative, <br /> which is available for review online at ainaalohafutures.com; and <br /> WHEREAS, `Aina Aloha is a guiding principle that states: "We are of and from this <br /> `aina that ultimately sustains us. We employ strategies for economic development that place our <br /> kuleana to steward precious, limited resources in a manner that ensures our long-term horizon as <br /> a viable island people and place"; and <br /> WHEREAS, Step one is to declare core values as enumerated in the `Aina Aloha <br /> Economic Futures Declaration (Exhibit A); and <br /> WHEREAS, Step two is to set an action agenda, such as that provided in the Huliau <br /> Action Agenda (Exhibit B); <br /> WHEREAS, Step three is to develop proposals and assess them against the AAEF self- <br /> assessment tool (Exhibit C); and <br /> WHEREAS, Step four is to move forward by building coalitions with other entities <br /> advancing similar proposals, providing the rubric to decision makers, businesses, organizations, <br /> and community members, and together take action to achieve the changes in an economic future <br /> grounded in `Aina Aloha; and <br />