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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: August 6, 2019 Re: Comm. No. 386 PLACE: Council Chambers Hilo, Hawaii TIME: 11:32 a.m. Council Chair and Members Hawai'i County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning,to which was referred Communication No. 386, reports as follows: Communication No. 386,transmitted by Mayor Harry Kim on July 18, 2019, submitted for the Council's review his nominees to the Inaugural Hdindkua Community Development Plan (CDP) Action Committee, which included Susan Forbes, Nicolette CB Hubbard, Carol R. Ignacio, Dr. Tawn Isaac Keeney, Crystal Kua, Brad R. Kurokawa, Jeff McKnight, Robert T. Nishimoto, and Rhonda Darling Pollard. Chair Kierkiewicz stated that she wanted to entertain a Motion to suspend Rule 10 of the Rules of Procedure and Organization for the Council of the County of Hawaii so that rather than each nominee be voted on individually, all the candidates could be voted on as a single body. Council Member Valerie Poindexter made the Motion, which was seconded by Vice Chair Sue Lee Loy and voted unanimously in favor. Appearing before Your Committee were the nine nominees along with Mayor's Executive Assistant Rose Bautista, who introduced the inaugural group by stating they were outstanding individuals that represented a broad cross-section of the Hdmdkua community. Ms. Bautista then proceeded to introduce each candidate one at a time. The first nominee presented, Dr. Susan Forbes,who received her doctorate in Public Health at the University of Hawaii-Manoa and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Stanford University, is a resident of South Hilo and a resident of Hawaii for 50 years. Dr. Forbes retired as Chief Executive Officer of Hawaii Health Information Corporation and was a former executive with the Kapi'olani Health Care Systems and Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children. She would serve a three-year term that expires in 2022. Nicolette CB Hubbard was introduced as a resident of North Hilo and born and raised on the Big Island in Laupdhoehoe, where she has been an active community member. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Business and Speech Communication from Colorado State University. Her three-year term to the Action Committee would end in 2022. The next candidate, Carol Ignacio, was called out of retirement after 27 years with Statewide Office for Social Ministry and Affordable Housing to work for Blue Zones Project Hawaii where she is now the Government and Community Affairs Manager. Ms. Ignacio is a lifelong resident of the Big Island and PC Report No.28