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• COUNTY OF HAWAII >• Nsttei � STATE OF HAWAII ............ RESOLUTION NO. 332 10 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO TRANSFER TWENTY FOUR HOUSING UNITS LOCATED IN KAWAIHAE TO COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE FOR USE AS TRANSITIONAL HOUSING. WHEREAS, Kawaihae Transitional Housing managed by the Catholic Charities of Hawai`i will be closed in the near future; and WHEREAS, the Kawaihae Transitional Housing program contains 24 housing units that will be moved or demolished when the program has terminated; and WHEREAS, the County has no immediate plans for a low- income housing shelter in South Kohala; and WHEREAS, currently, Council District Five has a significant need for transitional housing for individuals or families; and WHEREAS, currently, Council District Five has large land areas within Lava Zones 1 & 2 where federal funds for constructing transitional housing are not available; and WHEREAS, the housing units moved to Council District Five would be located on County land near or adjacent to the community center in Pahoa; and WHEREAS, the County will advertise for a Request for Proposals to have an entity manage the units, once they are moved to their new location; and WHEREAS, the housing units will be deconstructed and moved from their present location in Kawaihae to Pahoa, and then reassembled at their new location in Pahoa through the use of volunteers; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Office of Housing and Community Development is hereby authorized to transfer twenty four housing units now located at the Kawaihae Transitional Housing Program in South Kohala to Council District Five. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the authorization to transfer the twenty four housing units shall take effect upon the closure of the Kawaihae Transitional Housing Program.