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3~ NTE ASSOC{V i :<1 13 ! x y: cou�+�`�` B. County Reports City & County of Honolulu - President Manahan introduced Chair Emeritus Ikaika Anderson - retired from the Council. Chair Anderson shared he spoke with Council Member Riki Hokama of Maui regarding the HSAC Executive Director position. He shared Council Member Hokama as- sured him that he's willing to work with Linae Cruz, the HSAC Executive Committee, and HSAC as a whole after he leaves the Council. Chair Anderson shared Council Member Hokama said executive director training for Ms. Cruz was available from NACo, and that he would be comfort- able having Ms. Cruz serve as the executive director in an interim capacity. Chair Anderson said Council Member Hokama would work with the EC to bring in contacts from NACo and be of as- sistance for any items/issues HSAC may face. Treasurer King wondered about the discrepancy with Council Member Hokama's comments re- garding the HSAC Executive Director, recalling what she shared at the last EC meeting about his being a.pprehensive and unsupportive of the idea. Chair Anderson said Council Member Hoka- ma never said he was opposed to hiring an Executive Director, but did share that if HSAC was to move forward with hiring an ED, there should be dialogue among EC and all member counties should contribute financially. He said Council Member Hokama was comfortable with Ms. Cruz and would be happy to help serve in an interim capacity. He said Council Member stressed C&C should not have to shoulder full cost burden of an ED. Council Member Chock asked for clarification if Ms. Cruz was serving as interim ED. President Manahan said Ms. Cruz's role is administrative, that there was no formal title. He said she was available to help HSAC get things done, and that she's dedicated to helping with all HSAC mat- te rs. County of Hawai'i - Secretary Kierkiewicz expressed gratitude and appreciation for Chair Ander- son's time and service on the Council and ongoing work to assist HSAC. Secretary Kierkiewicz said that like all counties, focus was on emergency response to COVID-19 and spending CARES Act monies. She noted climbing deaths suffered at the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home and Mayor Harry Kim's recent efforts to stand up an Incident Command Center to better coordinate County, State, and other agency actions to respond to and mitigate the novel coronavirus. She said the Council recently passed an overhaul of the construction code and realigned the building, elec- trical, and plumbing permit process. She said the Council was also considering passage of a fis- cal impact analysis for bills for ordinances. County of Kaua'i - Council Member Chock also thanked Chair Anderson for his service and con- tributions. He shared that Kauai's county plans are near completion. He noted that work was un- derway to finish up._a housing amendment and that the Council passed mixed use and residen- tial code updates. He shared he was looking into an enabling ordinance that would require visi- tor parking fees at county parks. He said Kauai was looking at how to respond to the Oct. 15 re- opening date, including piloting some kind of testing program.