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May 9, 2023, HSAC Meeting Minutes Page 12 SA 00 Balance in the HSAC conference account: $10,000.87 Total deposit account balances: $153,367.78 b. County Reports: i. County of Hawai`i CM Kimball: Bill 194, the intent was to remove the ability of the planning director to provide an administrative extension on zoning ordinances and propose instead if applicants wanted a time extension, they would have to come to the county to request the extension. Purpose to create transparency. Veto was overridden, the resolution process did not provide for an appeal process, will need to add in language to address this. In the budget process, received a second round, an overall increase of 5.8% since the last budget. Seeing more positions in the various departments and continued support for training and technology infrastructure. Personal bill, introduced for a hearing of the office of sustainability climate equity and resilience office (OSCER) cabinet level office under the Mayor. Will be a tasking agency for the various departments. Also for the county to have a bucket for all the federal funding programs. Goal to build disaster ii. County of Kauai CM Carvlaho: Moving through the budget, have a bill relating to possession and use of pepper spray for self defense. 2023 HSAC conference, invitations were emailed to invitees, sponsor letters sent out. Let us know of any additional sponsors. Information is available on the website. Setup visits to key places on the island. Only taking checks. CM Kimball: Is there a list of all of the sponsors who have been contacted so we know who has been reached out to. We can also help send out an email to all the past participants once the website for HSAC is updated. ED Parsons: Last time there were parameters around sponsors, is this something we should consider this time. CM Carvalho: Theme is the hukilau, lay the nets together, share the catch. More info to come. iii. County of Maui CM Paltin: Having public hearings on the budget. Scheduled May 23. This is the largest allocation to the emergency fund, and the total budget is I%more than last year. Estimating the TAT revenues will be low when the fiscal year ends. Ground breaking for a thousand unit • development near the airport. Wed 24, groundbreaking coming up for Hawaiian homelands project. Passed two reso's,first having trouble with illegal short term vacation rentals. Last charter took away the cap on fines but we haven't been collecting the fines. First reso was to link the fines to the property, the finance department has the capability if the fine runs with the property versus with the owner the other reso, urges the governor to release the data on the TAT tax payers, because some illegal short term rental persons are paying their TAT even though they are illegal. Excited to attend the HSAC conference on Kauai, will look for donors. Looking to put affordable