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Form#.' B- <br /> 7/ 8191 <br /> 7/18/91 <br /> DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Office of Housing and Community <br /> DEPARTMENT: Development DATE: October 11, 2021 <br /> STAFF CONTACT, <br /> Susan K, Kunz/Sharon L. Hirot,a PHONE, 961-8379 <br /> A. REQUEST: <br /> The Office of Housing and Community Development is requesting to amend Ordinance 21-38 by <br /> appropriating the following: <br /> Revenue: <br /> 2021 Hawai'i Island Landlord I Tenant Mediation Grant-ARPA 1$2.3310. $69,000 <br /> Expenditure: <br /> 2021 Hawaii Island Landlord/Tenant Mediation Program-ARPA 152A61.W6.XX $69,000 <br /> The appropriation request for$69,000 represents a grant from the State of Hawaii, Department of Budget <br /> and Finance, from the American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund for Housing <br /> Stability Services as provided in Act 577 (21) —Landlord Tenant Mediation Program. <br /> Please create a resolution to enter into an agreement to accept the grant funds. <br /> B. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS AS NEEDED)- <br /> On June 16, 2021; Governor Ig e signed a measure that temporarily requires mediation before a landlord can <br /> file for eviction. Under the measure, landlords must provide a copy of the notice of termination of a rental <br /> agreement to a tenant and find a mediation center that provides free landlord-tenant mediation. <br /> The moratorium on evictions ended on August 6, 2021. <br /> SIGNED: DATE: Itt ze <br /> stent Head <br />