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Matt Kan eali'iKleinfelder <br />Council Member <br />District S - Puna <br />Phone No.: (808) 961-8263 <br />matt. kanealii-kleiiifelder@hawaiicounty.gov <br />Public Works & Mass Transit Committee <br />Committee Vice Chair <br />Agriculture, Water, Energy, and <br />Environmental Management Committee <br />Committee Vice Chair <br />Hawai a! County Council <br />County of Hawai <br />� <br />Hawaii County wilding <br />} <br />:. <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2405 ® Hilo, Hawai `i 96720 <br />,:... <br />To: Aaron Chung, Council Chair <br />and members of the Hawaii County Council <br />From: Matt Kaneali i-Kleinfelder, Council Member <br />Date: August 20, 2020 <br />Re: A resolution urging the Mayor's office to authorize Google and/or Apple to <br />release Sustain Hawai`i's "Safe Travels contact tracing application" -for voluntary <br />use by County constituents to augment existing safety protocols currently in place <br />in the State of Hawai `i in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. <br />Please find attached a resolution calling upon the Mayor's office to approve the Safe Travels <br />application ready for release by Sustain Hawaii, Google, and/or Apple to aid in slowing the <br />spread of COVID-19 in the County. <br />Because digital contact tracing applications are a relatively new concept that may be unfamiliar <br />to the public, Exhibit "A" is included to provide additional information on how the Safe Travels <br />application works and to explain how the technology addresses privacy concerns. <br />I am requesting that this resolution be placed in the appropriate corrunittee for the meeting to be <br />held on September 1, 2020. Thank you.. <br />MKK/daw <br />att <br />Hawai `i County, is an EOuai Opportunity .Provider and Employer <br />Comm. ,No. 0!�D <br />Ref. To: 25�= <br />Ref. dote A U G 1 9 202Q <br />