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MAYOR'S EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
'T-T'HEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai'i Revised Statutes, provides for the establishment of
County organizations for emergency management and disaster relief with tile Mayor having
direct responsibility and authority over emergency management within the County; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai'i Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles I and 2 of
the Hawaii County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawai'i and
prescfibes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawai'i County
Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service at 5 pm on July 17, 2023, issued a Tropical
St�on-n Warning under Advisory Number 26 advising that Tropical Storm Calvin had entered
Hawaiian waters and was located at 17.4 North Latitude and 145.4 West Longitude or 655 miles
east of Hilo, Hawai'i as a Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph with higher
gusts; and
WHEREAS, the National Weather Service at 5 am on July 18, 2023, updated its Tropical
Storm Warning under Advisory Number 28 advising that Tropical Storm Calvin was located at
17.5 North Latitude and 149.5 West Longitude orjust under 400 miles east of Hilo, Hawai'i as a
Tropical Storm with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph with higher gusts; and
WHEREAS, a Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical ston-n conditions are expected
sometime within the next 36 hours; and
WHEREAS, conditions associated with tropical ston-ns include but are not limited to
storm surge, high surf, high wind, flash flooding and heavy rain may occur; and
WHEREAS, sudden, severe and/or consistent events of high winds, heavy rains and
flooding may occur and cause damage, loss, and suffering of such character and magnitude to
affect the health,, welfare and safictA of the �gublic and is of such a nature as to
from the County of Hawai'i, State of Hawai'i, and the Federal government; and
WHEREAS, given such potential, various County of Hawai'i emergency shelters will be
opened in impacted areas at 2 prn on July 18, 2023; and
County of Hawai'i is an Equal Oppon unity Provider and Employer
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WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent disaster due to property damage and/or
bodily injury to residents of Hawai'i Island, and the need for government agencies and
representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide immediate services to our island
residents, a Civil Defense state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapters 127A, Hawai'i
Revised Statutes, as amended, and Chapter 7, Hawai'i County Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawai'i, do
hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency exists due to the threat of imminent
disaster on Hawai'i Island, effective July 18, 2023, `i', Z-Va.m., Hawai'i standard time.
This Emergency Proclamation shall be effective July 18, 2023, and shall terminate in
sixtrAj�-& days unless terminated earlier or extended 4vw 01r AMM,
occur first.
This Emergency Proclamation is effective at fZD a.m., this 181h day of July 2023.
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Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawai'i
Dakota K. Frenz